Railway Superintendents to launch strike from Thursday (23)

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Railway Superintendents Union says it will launch a strike from Thursday (23).

Sumedha Somarathna, the President of the Railway Superintendents Union, speaking to News 1st stated that the problems of railway superintendents haven't been resolved as of yet, and the Transport Minister has not agreed to take steps to repair signal lights that are not functional.

These are the reasons, the Superintendents mentioned, are the reasons that they decided to stop freight services from midnight.

Accordingly, from midnight on Thursday (23) the Railway Superintendents will stop issuing tickets except for intercity express trains.

"We can't issue tickets and create a situation where they have to travel without seats. If a solution isn't provided, we will launch a continuous strike from midnight on the 26th as a mark of protest," he added.