COLOMBO, Jul 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka has sufficient quantities of fuel, the country’s Minister of Power and Energy, Kanchana Wijesekera, said yesterday.
Talking to journalists here in the country’s capital, Wijesekera said, the country has 133,936 metric tonnes of diesel and 6,192 metric tonnes of super diesel as of yesterday morning.
Sri Lanka also has 35,402 metric tonnes of octane 92 and 5,367 metric tonnes of octane 95 petrol, as well as, 30,173 metric tonnes of jet fuel in stock, the minister said.
The minister announced recently that, Sri Lanka has decided to increase the fuel quota for vehicles again next month, the third increase this year.
Sri Lanka introduced the fuel quota last year, following difficulties in purchasing adequate quantities of fuel, due to foreign reserve shortages.– NNN-XINHUA
