Will bring down necessary tyres ; punishments suspended

Mar 24, 2021

Will bring down necessary tyres ; punishments suspended - Keheliya ^Featured

A survey will be done over the prevailing dearth of tyres in the local market and measures will be taken to bring down the necessary tyres, co-Cabinet spokesman - minister Keheliya Rambukwella said.

He was responding to questions at the Cabinet briefing earlier today (24).

"We discussed this at length and accepted the prevailing necessity... There are limitations in the local production... In addition to that, it has been decided to bring down what is necessary," he said.

Meanwhile, journalists also quizzed about the prevailing police operation to nab drivers on vehicles with worn out tyres.

Journalists pointed out that bus owners in particular, have pointed out that such an operation being conducted in the wake of a dearth of tyres, is unfair and that police are only checking privately owned vehicles and not state owned ones.

"It must be stated clearly that there are no two seperate laws... There is nothing such as privately owned or state owned... All tyres will wear out... However, the issue of penalizing them has been temporarily suspended," he added.