The economic crisis in Sri Lanka is deepening. Alam is that the fuel in the country has now reached the verge of running out. In view of the seriousness of the situation, the government has banned the sale of oil across the country. Oil is being given only for essential services. The government has imposed these restrictions till July 10. Sri Lanka has set a guideline regarding the sale of oil from IOC, according to which the bike will get petrol at the rate of 1500 rupees and the car at the rate of seven thousand rupees per liter.
In view of the situation, Lanka IOC has decided to take action with immediate effect. The government has fixed the limit for the sale of petrol. Presently oil was being supplied to the country due to the credit facility by India.
However, this week the government indicated that they would now have to take strict steps to bring the situation back on track. Including a ban on the sale of oil.
According to the information given by the IOC, the limit has been fixed at 1500 Sri Lankan rupees for motorcycles, 2500 rupees for three wheelers, 7000 rupees for motor vehicles. That is, customers will not get more oil than this. Currently, the price of oil in Sri Lanka is running above Rs 400 per liter.
At the same time, the government has made it clear that state-owned oil companies will give petrol and diesel only to essential services till July 10, in which health, safety, power and export sectors will get priority.
The government has closed the school college to reduce the consumption of oil. At the same time, instructions have been given to close the office and work from home. Currently, government ministers are visiting Qatar and Russia where they are negotiating oil supplies.