{"id":78231,"date":"2022-06-27T00:27:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T04:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=78231"},"modified":"2022-06-27T19:31:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T23:31:32","slug":"sri-lankan-govt-suspends-selling-of-fuel-for-2-weeks-until-july-10th-except-for-essential-sectors-like-health-defence-power-export-and-ports-airports-food-distribution-and-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=78231","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan Govt Suspends  selling of fuel for 2 weeks until July 10th except for essential sectors like health, defence, power ,export and ports, airports, , food distribution and agriculture."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cash-strapped Sri Lanka announced a two-week halt to all fuel sales except for essential services and appealed to the private sector to work from home as it ran out of supplies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From midnight today, no fuel will be sold except for essential services like the health sector, because we want to conserve the little reserves we have,&#8221; government spokesman Bandula Gunawardana said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Sri Lankan government on Monday announced that only essential services will operate from midnight till July 10 and all other operations will be temporarily suspended as the crisis-hit nation faces acute fuel shortage.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The move came days after Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday last said that the debt-laden economy of the island nation has \u201ccollapsed\u201d after months of shortages of food, fuel and electricity, and cannot even purchase imported oil.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s Cabinet of Minister decided that only essential services will operate from Monday midnight to July 10.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFuel will be issued only to health, defence, power and export sectors from midnight today until July 10,\u201d Cabinet spokesperson Bandula Gunawardena told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) will issue diesel and petrol only for essential services with effect from midnight, it said.<\/p>\n<p>These services include ports, airports, health, food distribution and agriculture, the report said, quoting transport minister Gunawardena.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll other sectors must prepare from work from home programme,\u201d he said, urging the public to support the government\u2019s move to limit the consumption of fuel.<\/p>\n<p>Only essential services will be allowed to function till July 10 and all other operations will be temporarily suspended, the minister said.<\/p>\n<p>While the government said talks were held with India for a fresh credit line, negotiations to buy discounted Russian oil have also got underway.<\/p>\n<p>A ministerial delegation is to visit Russia for talks, the government said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:The Hindu<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton78231\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D78231&amp;text=Sri%20Lankan%20Govt%20Suspends%20%20selling%20of%20fuel%20for%202%20weeks%20until%20July%2010th%20except%20for%20essential%20sectors%20like...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cash-strapped Sri Lanka announced a two-week halt to all fuel sales except for essential services and appealed to the private sector to work from home as it ran out of supplies. &#8220;From midnight today, no fuel will be sold except for essential services like the health sector, because we want to conserve the little reserves &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=78231\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Sri Lankan Govt Suspends  selling of fuel for 2 weeks until July 10th except for essential sectors like health, defence, power ,export and ports, airports, , food distribution and agriculture.&rsquo; 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