🇱🇰 Transport Ministry to clear backlog, 300,000+ driver's licences in 3 months 📈

• The Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation expects to print and distribute over 300,000 pending driver's licences within the next three months. • Procurement for 1 million cards is complete, with a new licence featuring enhanced security slated for introduction later this year. • The Minister instructed officials to install printing machines in every province to significantly accelerate the licence issuance process. • Supplier selection for new vehicle number plates is currently underway, awaiting Cabinet approval for finalisation. • The Committee also reviewed the integrated passenger transport timetable, with plans to identify shortcomings and expand it to more regions for improved efficiency. • A pilot project aimed at reducing elephant-train collisions has been allocated Rs. 2.8 million for installing long-range surveillance cameras on trains along the Batticaloa line.