News
LIOC resumes fuel dispensation
Lanka IOC has said that filling stations that are under its control recommenced fuel distribution from yesterday (10), and its Trincomalee terminal will operate 24 hours a day.LIOC suspended fuel distribution on 08 and 09 July when the government requested it to stop the distribution due to anti-government protests.
The Presidential Secretariat said that a ship carrying 3,700 metric tonnes of LPG had arrived yesterday afternoon. It added that gas unloading would start immediately, and that a second shipment of 3,740 metric tonnes is scheduled to arrive today (11).The Presidential Secretariat added that a third ship with 3,200 metric tonnes would arrive in July (15).
Chairman of Litro Gas Company, Muditha Peiris, said they could start distributing gas on a systematic basis from 12 July.Gemunu Wijerathne of the Lanka Private Bus Owners Association (LPBOA) said private bus operations had been severely affected due by the fuel shortage.He added that fuel had not been issued to buses over the weekend at SLTB depots.
