The strike was launched over several demands including salary increments. The token strike has severely affected office trains and the Railway Control Room have warned about possible delays of office trains due to the strike.
President of Railway Technical Services Trade Union Committee Sampath Rajitha said that the strike will continue until tomorrow (31). They have further mentioned that they receive the support of 12,000 railway workers. Railway Additional General manager Wijaya Samarasainghe said casual, contractual and temporary workers must report for work immediately.
In the meantime, three trains have been reported out of order yesterday and the Railway Department said that they will carry out investigations to verify whether they have been sabotaged. However, Railway Technical Services Trade Union Committee refused accusations.
Several postal trains scheduled to start from Fort Railway Station have been delayed due to technical issues with train cables. However, it has been solved later.
As well as The Railway Department has registered a complaint with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) that the railway workers on strike have caused damages train engines and compartments, Additional General Manager (Operations) Vijaya Samarasinghe said.
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