Ceylon's Troubles Not Over
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THE Ceylon Transport Board ha decided to carry out recommends tions by an Indian Transport Study Tear
that the standardization of vehicle should be undertaken at a national leve
The study team's report says that thi would cause a substantial reduction in th investment on spare parts.
According to the report, the C.T.B. hs been carrying excessive stocks. N justification was found for a build-up c five months' supply of stock at the worl shop stores. Apart from this problen the C.T.B. often found that buses coul not be repaired because of a shortage c spares.
During 1961 the total loss of mileaE was 11,680,000 miles, and bus casualtii have been so heavy that, in spite of a 1 per cent float of vehicles for servicing an docking, scheduled requirements hal not generally been fulfilled.
People prefer to travel by " pira vans ", the report goes on, despite monopoly conferred on the C.T.B. by ti Motor Traffic Act. "This may be due the lack of efficiency of C.T.B. services Because of a lack of vehicles or mechar cal breakdowns, people may have foui "a better mode of travelling ".
The C.T.B. is to take over its rival, ti Colombo Municipal Council Transpc Service, which owns 61 trolleybuses. Ti possibility of converting the trolleybus to run on fuel is being considered.