Sri Lanka resumes the private sale of fuel and finalizes the arrival of 7,400 tons of liquefied gas

July 10 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Sri Lankan authorities have given an order to accelerate the protocol for the delivery of 7,400 tons of liquefied gas that will arrive in the country in the next few hours to alleviate the extraordinary economic and energy crisis that the nation is going through, and which on Saturday led to a popular revolution that has overthrown the country’s president and prime minister.

This afternoon the first ship with 3,700 tons will arrive at the port of Kerawalapitiya and a second shipment of 3,740 tons is scheduled to arrive in the country on Monday.

A third ship with 3,200 tons will arrive on the 15th, according to the Presidency statement collected by the Sri Lankan media outlet The Morning.

The Secretary of the Presidency has specified that the distribution of the gas received from this Sunday will begin next Tuesday.

PRIVATE PURCHASE OF FUEL

On the other hand, the gas stations of the operator Lanka IOC — one of the main distributors of gasoline and diesel in the country — have returned to operation this Sunday after days of suspensions that have ended up wearing the patience of the population.

It should be remembered that, at the beginning of the month, Sri Lanka became the first country in the world to restrict the sale of fuel to citizens since the oil crisis of the 1970s through a decree in which the owners of private vehicles They were prohibited from using gas stations until this Sunday.

Lanka IOC will also resume this Sunday the suspension of distribution of industrial fuel to service stations, in force since Friday as a security measure in view of the huge protest the following day, which finally led to the resignation of the Government.

Only the company’s terminals in Trincomalee have remained open during that time to supply operational fuel to oil company Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and other industries.