The Director General of the Road Development Authority (RDA), S.
M.
P.
Suriyabandara, says that steps have been taken to assign Police Special Task Force (STF) personnel to the expressways from last night (March 10).
STF workers have actually been released for life-saving and firefighting services during mishaps on the expressways.The Ministry of Defence had removed the Police Special Task Force, which had actually been appointed to expressway responsibilities, due to the Yukthiya operation performed by Sri Lanka Police throughout the previous government a year ago.Accordingly, actions have actually been required to deploy STF workers for life-saving and firefighting activities in case of accidents on the Southern Expressway, the Extension of the Southern Expressway (ESEP), the Colombo Outer Circular Expressway (OCH), the New Kelani River Bridge, and the Colombo-Katunayake Expressway (E03).
In addition, a group of 20 officers will be deployed to secure the homes of the specifically recognized New Kelani Bridge on the Colombo-Katunayake Expressway (E03) and the Outer Circular Highway (OCH), concentrating on avoiding residential or commercial property theft on the expressways by various drug user.