Sri Lankan state buses operating in the North are having wire mesh protection added to the windscreen and rear windows following a spate of attacks against the vehicles, the Sunday Times reported.
Over 50 buses have been damaged by stones thrown threw the windows, the Sri Lankan Transport Board's Jaffna depot manager, Sellathurai Gunapalasingham, was quoted by the paper as saying.
Mr Gunapalasingham said the mesh protection was being introduced after police failed to act on complaints received. Drivers, conductors and even passengers have been wounded.
He highlighted a recent change in the state bus timetable to make it in align with the private bus operators as the trigger for the attacks.
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Over 50 buses have been damaged by stones thrown threw the windows, the Sri Lankan Transport Board's Jaffna depot manager, Sellathurai Gunapalasingham, was quoted by the paper as saying.
Mr Gunapalasingham said the mesh protection was being introduced after police failed to act on complaints received. Drivers, conductors and even passengers have been wounded.
He highlighted a recent change in the state bus timetable to make it in align with the private bus operators as the trigger for the attacks.
See more here.