COLOMBO (News 1st) – Drivers and bus conductors of luxury buses traveling along the Galle -Colombo route launched a strike this morning (December 03).

The strike was launched against a decision to extend the bus routes along the Southern Expressway from Galle to Battaramulla up to Pettah.

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