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Licences of 40 fuel stations to be suspended for ignoring QR code
By Ifham Nizam
Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara yesterday said that he had decided to suspend licenses of some 40 fuel stations that had disregarded the QR code-based fuel rationing system.Following a review meeting, Minister Wijesekara said that all fuel stations would be required to maintain a minimum stock of 50 percent tank capacity, and that GPS tracking systems would be fixed to all Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) owned fuel tankers by April 15.
“The movements of all private tankers will be monitored,” he added.
The decision to suspend licences was taken at during a progress review meeting between the Minister and the CPC and Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Limited (CPSTL) management and its officers yesterday morning (April 06).
The Minister also said that they had also reviewed the fuel cargo plan for the next eight weeks, refinery operations and fuel distribution during the festive season during yesterday’s meeting.