{"id":6955,"date":"2026-08-14T08:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T02:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/?p=6955"},"modified":"2026-08-14T08:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T02:41:18","slug":"new-rs-835-million-sltb-depot-complex-opened-in-kegalle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/2026\/08\/14\/new-rs-835-million-sltb-depot-complex-opened-in-kegalle\/","title":{"rendered":"New Rs. 835 million SLTB depot complex opened in Kegalle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new depot complex built at a cost of Rs. 835 million was opened in Kegalle today as part of ongoing development projects aimed at strengthening the country\u2019s public transport sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new complex includes the Sabaragamuwa Regional Office of the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB), the SLTB Driver Training College and the Kegalle branch of the National Transport Medical Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also comprises an auditorium, an operations section, a staff rest area with modern facilities, an accounts office and other administrative facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The complex includes a larger canteen and an expanded parking facility capable of accommodating a greater number of SLTB buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A fuel station for SLTB buses has also been established at the site, along with a bus repair workshop equipped with modern facilities and equipment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source:\u00a0<strong>Newswire<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new depot complex built at a cost of Rs. 835 million was opened in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6955"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6957,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6955\/revisions\/6957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}