Economic crises Sri Lanka will stop selling fuel almost completely for two weeks

The ban does not apply to vital services such as trains, buses and healthcare. Schools in cities have also been ordered to close.

Catastrophic Sri Lanka, in the midst of an economic downturn, will stop selling fuel for non-essential services on Tuesday for two weeks, news agencies Reuters and AFP say.

Schools in island cities will also be closed and people will be encouraged to work remotely. Fuel is only provided for trains and buses, as well as for healthcare and food transport needs.

Reuters according to the bills, for example, it is only important for the clothing industry to have fuel for about a week to ten days. Under normal consumption, Reuters would run out of fuel in just under a week across the country.

Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange reserves are at record lows and it has had difficulty paying for vital imported materials such as medicines, fuel and food.

“Sri Lanka has never before experienced such a serious economic crisis in its history,” a government spokesman said Bandula Gunawardane said Reuters.

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Although the country is negotiating with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a possible rescue package, citizens in many places have decided to leave the country. Demand for passports has exploded and the Sri Lankan navy said on Monday it had arrested 54 people trying to leave the country.

The crisis has led, among other things, to the president Gotabaya Rajapaksan the brother who served as prime minister in May. The difference was due to large-scale demonstrations that killed nine and injured about 300 people. Putting fuel up for sale could lead to new demonstrations in the country.

“The country has completely collapsed due to lack of fuel. The government has repeatedly lied to citizens and has no plan to move forward, ”the opposition leader Sajith Premadasa said.

Also Sri Lanka’s energy sector is suffering from fuel shortages, which has led to an increase in planned power outages from two and a half hours to three hours from Monday.

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The country’s energy minister Kanchana Wijesekeran According to the report, a cargo of fuel was supposed to arrive in Sri Lanka last Thursday, but it did not arrive and there is no information about the next deliveries. He apologized to motorists on Saturday and urged them not to queue for fuel.

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