Armour plates for passenger buses in Sri Lanka

Shaken by a spate of claymore mine attacks against passenger buses that killed scores of people during the last two months, Sri Lankan government is planning to provide armour plates for the public vehicles to minimise the damage if they are hit by roadside bombs.

"We are undertaking a pilot project of fitting armour plates on two buses," Transport Ministry Secretary Nihal Somaweera said.

He said conversion of the passenger bus into a virtual armoured vehicle would reduce the seating capacity by nearly half in the vehicles.

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