Railways to be declared an essential service tonight
Posted by Editor on October 3, 2019 - 8:05 pm
President Maithripala Sirisena signed the special gazette notification declaring the railway service as an essential service, the Transport and Civil Aviation Ministry said.
The relevant gazette notification has been forwarded to the Department Of Government Printing.

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