INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has called a meeting with the officials of the Energy Ministry and the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) to
discuss the fuel crisis.The meeting is currently in progress at the President’s House in Colombo Fort. According to reports, the members
of petroleum trade unions have also been invited to take part in the discussion.Meanwhile, the CPC chairman Sumith Wijesinghe has requested
all owners of petroleum bowsers to send their vehicles to relevant terminals and depots in order to streamline the distribution process this
weekend as adequate stocks of fuel are available.The CPC yesterday limited the dispensation of fuel volumes to vehicles – except for
buses, lorries and other vehicles used for commercial purposes.Thereby, filling stations are permitted to pump only fuel worth Rs
1,000 for motorcycles at a single time
For three-wheelers, the limit has been set at Rs
Meanwhile, the maximum amount of fuel allowed to be dispensed to cars, vans and SUVs is worth Rs
5,000.However, the fuel distribution process is yet to be restored to normal in the country
Filling stations in many areas remained closed today.Meanwhile, the unloading of fuel stocks from the tankers that arrived in Sri Lanka
under the Indian credit line is currently in progress
The two fuel tankers contain 41,000 metric tonnes of diesel and 37,500 metric tonnes of petrol, according to the CPC.
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