COLOMBO ; The Sri Lanka Transport Board has begun deploying female bus conductors for its bus fleet from Friday, Feb, (6).
Twenty newly recruited female conductors were presented with their appointment letters at the Makumbura Multimodal Transport Centre on Friday
The event took place in the presence of Deputy Minister of Mass Media, Dr. Kaushalya Ariyaratne.
An official uniform has also been introduced for the newly appointed female conductors.
The new recruits will be assigned to SLTB buses operating on the Makumbura–Kadawatha expressway route.
In the future, based on operational needs, these female conductors will also be deployed on buses used for transporting schoolchildren.
