SLA stops bus stand expansion

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 11 November 1997, 23:59 GMT]
The officer in charge of the Jaffna main bus stand met the town commander Brig. Susantha Mendis today to request permission to expand the perimeter of the place to accommodate the growing number of buses in service and to ease the congestion in parking space created by some buildings that have expanded in the vicinity.

The Jaffna town commander rejected the request saying that the expansion could pose a security problem.

It was decided earlier by the Jaffna regional transport authorities that the perimeter of the bus stand had to be expanded by at least ten feet to prevent undue congestion.