The Ministry of Transportation is planning on preparing a proper system for the legal registration of high-capacity (engine capacity above 450cc) motorcycles that are unregistered in Sri Lanka.
Minister of Transportation and Highways Bandula Gunawardena has instructed the relevant authorities to provide a report in the next few weeks with recommendations for the registration system.
Per previous requests made by the owners of high-capacity motorcycles in Sri Lanka, in coordination with the former minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena, such high-capacity motorcycles had been brought to Sri Lanka through various methods and were not registered.
Minister Gunawardena further said that a committee consisting of senior officials from the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Finance, Attorney General’s Department, Motor Transport Commissioner Department, Police Department and other institutions has been appointed to make recommendations on the registration process.
He further requested the committee make the necessary recommendations for the registration of 5,000 such motorcycles currently in the country, to be registered under strict legal conditions after charging them the necessary taxes. (NewsWire)
