The latest audit report released on the 2nd states that the Sri Lanka Transport Board has overpaid its employees an amount of 2,508 million rupees in the year 2022 as overtime allowances.
The relevant audit report states that allowing a large number of fingerprint machines to be switched off has directly affected the overtime control.
The audit report states that the overtime cost should be 1.20 rupees per running kilometer, and accordingly, the overtime cost in the year 2023 should not exceed 566 million rupees, but the overtime cost in the year 2022 is 3,074 million rupees.