Colombo: Sri Lankan police said on Sunday that two people died and died while waiting in separate queues to be safe. fuel Heading towards record amid skyrocketing prices inflation, Police spokesman Nalin Thaladuwa in Colombo said men in their seventies died waiting for petrol and kerosene in two different parts of the country.
For weeks people have been queuing at pumps, often for hours, and there are power cuts across the country. “One was a 70-year-old three-wheeler driver who was diabetic and a heart patient, while the other was a 72-year-old, both of whom were waiting in line for almost four hours for fuel oil,” Thaladuva said. on Sunday Sri Lanka Ashok Ranwala, president of the Petroleum General Employees Union, said operations at its only fuel refinery were suspended after crude oil stocks ran out.
The power ministry could not be reached for a comment. The use of kerosene has increased after low-income households moved away from cooking gas.
due to price increase. The country’s second-largest supplier, Lagfs Gas, on Sunday raised prices by Rs 1,359 ($4.94) for a 12.5-kg cylinder, the company said.
For weeks people have been queuing at pumps, often for hours, and there are power cuts across the country. “One was a 70-year-old three-wheeler driver who was diabetic and a heart patient, while the other was a 72-year-old, both of whom were waiting in line for almost four hours for fuel oil,” Thaladuva said. on Sunday Sri Lanka Ashok Ranwala, president of the Petroleum General Employees Union, said operations at its only fuel refinery were suspended after crude oil stocks ran out.
The power ministry could not be reached for a comment. The use of kerosene has increased after low-income households moved away from cooking gas.
due to price increase. The country’s second-largest supplier, Lagfs Gas, on Sunday raised prices by Rs 1,359 ($4.94) for a 12.5-kg cylinder, the company said.