: Sri Lanka stops sale of fuel to non-essential services for two weeks #IndiaNEWS The Sri Lankan government on Monday announced a two-week halt on the sale of fuel for non-essential services as the country

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Sri Lanka stops sale of fuel to non-essential services for two weeks #IndiaNEWS
The Sri Lankan government on Monday announced a two-week halt on the sale of fuel for non-essential services as the country faced an acute shortage of supplies, the Daily Mirror reported.Sri Lanka is battling with its worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948.“The cabinet of ministers decided to issue fuel only for essential services from midnight today [June 27] until July 10,� Cabinet spokesperson Bandula Gunawardane said on Monday. Fuel will only be supplied to essential services, such as the health sector, for transportation of food, agricultural sector and hospitals, Gunawardane added.The government also imposed a partial shutdown in the country and urged all the public and private sector institutions to allow employees to work from home till July 10 due to the fuel crisis, the Sri Lankan newspaper reported.Meanwhile, zonal education authorities have been given school authorities the liberty to decide on their functioning.On June 17, several public offices and schools in Sri Lanka remained closed on account of a holiday declared by the government to cope with the fuel shortage in the country.Monday’s announcement came as the fuel supplies dwindled to barely enough for just one more day, AFP reported.The National Transport Commission said that the halt on fuel supplies may not impact the bus service in the island nation, Daily Mirror reported.“New filling stations were opened at...Read more

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