Funds approved for vehicle emission testing
The Cabinet has approved a memorandum submitted by Minister of Transport, Dullas Alahapperuma to transfer Rs. 20 million from the budget for acquiring capital assets to meet the initial expenditure of the Vehicle Emission Testing (VET) Programme. Accordingly a VET Fund will be created to credit income received by the Motor Traffic Department from testing and to incur expenditure for training, awareness and allied activities for the programme.