Accounts to deposit three-wheeler subsidy

by L.S. Ananda WEDAARACHCHI

The petrol subsidy offered by the government to three-wheeler taxi owners was implemented from last week said Director General, Samurdhi Authority Bandula Thilakasiri. He said that the first recipients of the petrol subsidy for three-wheelers were from Bingiriya Divisional Secretary's Division.

He said that three-wheeler owners must handover their petrol subsidy applications with the recommendations of their Grama Niladaris and the Samurdhi Niladaris to the Samurdhi Manager at their Divisional Secretariat.

He said that the beneficiaries have been advised to open a Samurdhi bank account in their Samurdhi society.

An allowance not more than Rs. 1500 as subsidy for 75 litres of Petrol will be deposited to the Samurdhi Accounts monthly by the Samurdhi Authority, he said.

According to the Commissioner General of the Motor Traffic Department, B. Wijeratna 376,000 three-wheelers with petrol engines were registered as passenger taxi three-wheelers and goods transporting three-wheelers in the country.