It is reported that the regulatory trade unions that carried out the strike announced that the office train will run as best as possible this afternoon (05) and that the train will be back to normal from tomorrow (06) morning.
Yesterday (04) only the Meenagaya train running from Colombo Fort to Batticaloa and the night mail train running to Galle were canceled and the rest of the mail trains ran as scheduled.
Based on an incident related to a cigarette, a group of railway security department assaulted a deputy controller in the yard, professional measures were initiated by reporting sick leave to the controllers. In order to solve this problem, a discussion was held between the two sides yesterday afternoon (04) under the chairmanship of the General Manager of Railways, and it failed. Railway Deputy General Manager N.J. Idipolage was mentioned.
Due to the delay of the train, the passengers at some railway stations quarreled with the station masters and steps were taken to remove the ticket issuing officers and station masters from Dehiwala, Bambalapitiya and Maradana stations for their safety. Later arrangements were made to provide police and military security to Colombo Fort and Maradana railway stations.