| ප්රවාහන හා මහාමාර්ග අමාත්යාංශය போக்குவரத்து மற்றும் நெடுஞ்சாலைகள் அமைச்சு | |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Sri Lanka |
| Headquarters | 7th Floor, Sethsiripaya, Stage II, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka 6°55′37.80″N 79°51′35.70″E / 6.9271667°N 79.8599167°E |
| Annual budget | Recurrent රු. 32.919 billion (2019)[1] Capital රු. 36.261 billion (2019)[1] |
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| Website | transport.gov.lk |
The Ministry of Transport and Highways[3] (Sinhala: ප්රවාහන හා මහාමාර්ග අමාත්යාංශය; Tamil: போக்குவரத்து மற்றும் நெடுஞ்சாலைகள் அமைச்சு) is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for transport. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on transport and other subjects which come under its purview.[4] The current Minister of Transport and Highways is Bandula Gunawardane.[2] The ministry's secretary is Nihal Somaweera.[5]
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