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PROJECTS

Company Formation

Project description

The goal of the project is to streamline the bus industry from present condition of individual entrepreneurs who are loosely regulated, to one that is regulated through an institutional mechanism along the lines of service sectors such as health and education.

Objectives

Continuity of Omnibus Operations by State and Private Sector.

Ownership of Private buses to remain with small scale operators

Changing present conditions for the issue and renewal of individual Route Permits to Private Sector to Route-based Omnibus Management Contracts (OMC).

-	Imposition of Qualifications for Omnibus Management Companies (OMC) that will manage the operations on a route or part of the services on a route. The shareholders of each company will be the existing operators.
-	Imposition of Standards for Managers employed by OMCs
-	Imposition of Standards for Route Inspectors and Investigators and other key personnel employed by the OMCs.
-	Imposition of Standards for Vehicles to be used as Omnibuses and issuance of an Omnibus Conformity Certificate.

Imposition of a Registration, training and monitoring system for existing bus crews and Minimum Qualifications and training for new entrants.

Benefits

These steps will essentially convert the bus industry to one that is regulated through an institutional mechanism along the lines of service sectors such as health and education.

This is expected to solve many of the existing problems such as

-	Illegal operators
-	Over loading
-	Speeding and high accident rate
-	Lack of time tables
-	Non-Qualified and dissatisfied bus crews without job security
-	Loss of revenue
-	High operating cost
-	Interventions by unauthorized parties

It will also bring both the private and public operators under the same policy framework.

Further this restructuring will facilitate continuous upgrading of the industry standards to ensure that the changing demands of the consumer are addressed continually Such addition would include employee welfare schemes, development of garages and depots, upgrades to vehicles, technological improvements to ticketing etc.

Development to Date

Fist phase of the project is completed with five registered companies in operation. Namely,

Seema Sahitha Wayamba K.G.N Magee Prawahana Samagama	(PB 3607)
Seema Sahitha Badulla Magee Prawahana Samagama	(PB 3637)
Seema Sahitha Matara Magee Prawahana Samagama	(PB 3672)
Seema Sahitha Katharagama Magee Prawahana Samagama	(PB 3730)
Seema Sahitha Ambalangoda Magee Prawahana Samagama	(PB 3831)

Under the 2nd phase of the project, 5 more companies have been identified and awareness meeting s for operators in selected routes were held, and the Boards of Directors have been appointed in two companies. One of the companies under this phase will be formed for Intra-Provincial routes in the Southern Province.

Policy References

	There will be no change in Regulatory powers as vested by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
	Respective regulatory authorities that are in existence will continue to promulgate regulations that are required for the provision of bus services nationally (NTC) and within their provinces (PTAs).
	Such regulations may also include conditions under which Omnibus Management Companies (OMC) may be considered for award of contracts and the conditions in an Omnibus Management Contract, provided that all such conditions do not in any way contravene the standards or procedures set out in this National Policy and its revisions from time to time.
	The Act No 37 of 1991 and Act No 30 of 1996 are being amended to suit the re-structuring and formation of Companies.

Inquiries

Director Operations & Service Monitoring

Tel. 011-2553714

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