Bus Nationalization in Ceylon Fails
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TAKING stock of the bus position in Ceylon after a year of nationalization, the Ceylon Transport Board's operations manager has reported that services throughout the country are rapidly deteriorating. On December 1, for instance, there were 2,421 vehicles in operation, but within five days 30 of these had been taken off the road.
He reports that regional managers are saying that they have not ,een given enough .buses., They also col nplain that buses which break down are rot repaired quickly enough by the engincering division. In many towns the fleet: are below strength.
Meanwhile, the Board are faced with trouble in Colombo, where he council have delivered an ultimatum-either the Board must take over the non-paying trolleybus services, or they most keep out
of the city altogether to the local undertaking a chance to cis ar its debts. At present Colombo is Iosii g £22,500 a year on trolleyhuses while I ie cream of the traffic is being lost to the Board.