Minister Kanchana Wijesekera has instructed the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and the Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminal Company to continue the fuel distribution tomorrow (03) and the day after tomorrow (04).
Accordingly, it is stated that instructions have been given to supply sufficient stocks to all filling stations.
In order to reduce overtime expenses, the services of Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and Ceylon Petroleum Warehouse Terminal Company has not been carried out on Sundays and public holidays during the last 4 months.
According to the minister’s tweet, the fuel shortage was created due to the immediate increase in demand from consumers after the price revision and quota increase, as the filling stations did not place orders from last Saturday in anticipation of a price reduction.
Because of this, long queues were seen near the petrol stations today.
