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CTB resurrection bill on way by S. Selvakumar The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the reestablishment of the Central Transport Board (CTB). The proposal was submitted to the Cabinet by Transport Minister Felix Perera. The bill to be presented in Parliament in this connection is now being drafted and it will be placed before the House as soon as possible, Minister Perera said. With the establishment of the CTB, the present cluster bus companies will be abolished. At present around 4000 cluster bus company buses are in operation and this amounts to only 30 per cent of the public transport service. However, once the CTB is formed the State-run bus services will have at least 7000 buses to serve the commuters. There are around 41,000 workers attached to cluster bus companies and of this only 10,000 are drivers and conductors and the rest belong to other categories like mechanics, labourers, time keepers and clerical staff. The Transport Ministry hopes to reduce the number of workers in the CTB to around 20,000 and would give a golden hand shake to the balance 21,000. The mode of compensation is now being worked out. Meanwhile, to avoid a clash of time schedules with the private buses, a time table would be drawn up in consultation with the private bus operators. A fortnight ago when the latter realised that the reestablishment of the CTB was imminent they demanded that a time table be drawn up for them by the State transport authorities.
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