{"id":2850,"date":"2025-01-06T11:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T05:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2850"},"modified":"2025-01-06T11:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T05:42:13","slug":"ntc-to-prepare-list-of-passenger-rights-to-ensure-safety-in-buses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2850","title":{"rendered":"NTC to prepare list of passenger rights to ensure safety in buses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Transport Commission (NTC) has announced that preparations have begun to compile a list of passenger rights to ensure the safety of passengers traveling on buses.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, it is reported that steps will be taken to prepare this list of passenger rights by incorporating all the conditions contained in the operating licenses issued by the NTC for buses, as well as the conditions included in the bus operating licenses issued by provincial councils.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to Ada Derana, the NTC Chairman, Dr Bandura Dileepa Witharana, mentioned that a final decision would be made after discussions with bus associations and passenger organizations regarding these matters.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Witharana also noted that necessary measures are being taken to ensure the job security of private bus drivers and conductors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Transport Commission (NTC) has announced that preparations have begun to compile a list of passenger rights to ensure the safety of passengers traveling on buses. Accordingly, it is reported that steps will be taken to prepare this list of passenger rights by incorporating all the conditions contained in the operating licenses issued by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leadstories","category-local"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NTC to prepare list of passenger rights to ensure safety in buses - LANKA NEWS NETWORK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2850\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NTC to prepare list of passenger rights to ensure safety in buses - LANKA NEWS NETWORK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Transport Commission (NTC) has announced that preparations have begun to compile a list of passenger rights to ensure the safety of passengers traveling on buses. Accordingly, it is reported that steps will be taken to prepare this list of passenger rights by incorporating all the conditions contained in the operating licenses issued by [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2850\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LANKA NEWS NETWORK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/lankanewsnetwork\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-06T05:42:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bus.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"746\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"437\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SMW Kodithuwakku\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@lnn_english\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@lnn_english\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SMW Kodithuwakku\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2850#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2850\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SMW Kodithuwakku\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/071d4085b11ff86bfadb231e97877233\"},\"headline\":\"NTC to prepare list of passenger rights to ensure safety in buses\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-06T05:42:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2850\"},\"wordCount\":139,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2850#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/bus.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Lead Stories\",\"Local\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2850#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2850\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2850\",\"name\":\"NTC to prepare list of passenger rights to ensure safety in buses - LANKA NEWS NETWORK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2850#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2850#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/bus.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-06T05:42:13+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2850\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=2850#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/bus.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/bus.jpg\",\"width\":746,\"height\":437},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"LANKA NEWS NETWORK\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"LANKA NEWS NETWORK\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/LNN-Logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/LNN-Logo.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":445,\"caption\":\"LANKA NEWS NETWORK\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/web.facebook.com\\\/lankanewsnetwork\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/lnn_english\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/071d4085b11ff86bfadb231e97877233\",\"name\":\"SMW Kodithuwakku\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"SMW Kodithuwakku\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NTC to prepare list of passenger rights to ensure safety in buses - LANKA NEWS NETWORK","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2850","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NTC to prepare list of passenger rights to ensure safety in buses - LANKA NEWS NETWORK","og_description":"The National Transport Commission (NTC) has announced that preparations have begun to compile a list of passenger rights to ensure the safety of passengers traveling on buses. Accordingly, it is reported that steps will be taken to prepare this list of passenger rights by incorporating all the conditions contained in the operating licenses issued by [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2850","og_site_name":"LANKA NEWS NETWORK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/lankanewsnetwork","article_published_time":"2025-01-06T05:42:13+00:00","og_image":[{"width":746,"height":437,"url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bus.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"SMW Kodithuwakku","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@lnn_english","twitter_site":"@lnn_english","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"SMW Kodithuwakku","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2850#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2850"},"author":{"name":"SMW Kodithuwakku","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/071d4085b11ff86bfadb231e97877233"},"headline":"NTC to prepare list of passenger rights to ensure safety in buses","datePublished":"2025-01-06T05:42:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2850"},"wordCount":139,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2850#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bus.jpg","articleSection":["Lead Stories","Local"],"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2850#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2850","url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2850","name":"NTC to prepare list of passenger rights to ensure safety in buses - LANKA NEWS NETWORK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2850#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2850#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bus.jpg","datePublished":"2025-01-06T05:42:13+00:00","inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2850"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=2850#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bus.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/bus.jpg","width":746,"height":437},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/","name":"LANKA NEWS NETWORK","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#organization","name":"LANKA NEWS NETWORK","url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LNN-Logo.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LNN-Logo.jpg","width":800,"height":445,"caption":"LANKA NEWS NETWORK"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/lankanewsnetwork","https:\/\/x.com\/lnn_english"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/071d4085b11ff86bfadb231e97877233","name":"SMW Kodithuwakku","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"SMW Kodithuwakku"},"url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2852,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2850\/revisions\/2852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}