A special transport service is in place together with the Railway and SLTB for the Esala perahera of the Ruhunu Kataragama Devalaya.

Director of Railway Transport, Vijaya Samarasinghe stated that the service will be carried out from Bandarawela and Matara.

This service will  enable passengers to  travel to Matara and Bandarawela and there on, take an SLTB bus to Kataragama. Samarasinghe said that the service will be in place until July 22.

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