Our Association
Down the memory lane
- The Association was established in the year of 2002.
- It was launched as a pilot project boned in Colombo district. Initially it was confined to mobilizing service-providers and organizing them in to societies. Later it was extended to establish the major society.
- By organizing awareness programs and workshops the society started to educate its membership.
- Road safety.
- Talks on positive thinking.
- Through the secretarial of national productivity the association was able to organize programs on productivity.
- First aid training programs.
- Contributing activity to the action-program which led to establish a bureau for the three-wheeler transport in the provincial council of western province.
- Campaigning to introduce regulations relevant to three-wheelers in to the motor car act.
- Submitting a slate of proposals when the Ministry of Environment introduces the policy on air-pollution.
- Protesting through judiciary action against the discriminatory ban on two-stroke three-wheeler.
- Organizing a plan to provide three-wheelers on concessionary price with a view to make the driver himself the owner.
- Introducing specific insurance cover for three-wheeler service-providers.
- Convened and held a national conference on societies of three-wheeler service-providers.
- Expanding the activities of the Association to other districts of Sri Lanka.
- Joining hands with other social activists and their movements (e.g. Movement against bribery and corruption, movement against child slavery, prisoner welfare society, Private Bus Unions, School children transporting van Union, etc.)
- Making arrangements to obtain fuel concessions for three-wheelers.
- Making arrangements to removal of VAT imposed on three-wheeler service-providers.
- Supporting the actions made on relating to national security.
- Introducing meters to three-wheelers in order to attract and protect the commuter.
- Introducing a uniform to the members.
- Intervening with a view to upgrade the social status of the three-wheeler driver of whom generally identified as socially-oppressed.
- Providing the leadership to the moments where necessary in relation to the affairs of three-wheeler industry.
