Fuel standards NOT changed & Fuel stocks will increase weekly - Gammanpila

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila said the Central Bank of Sri Lanka had released US Dollars to the Ministry on Tuesday (18) to secure the delivery from two fuel tankers that were anchored off Colombo.

"The consignment contains over 37,000 MT of Diesel and the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) will deliver 10,000 MT for electricity generation," he told the weekly Cabinet Media Briefing on Wednesday (19), adding that this stock will be sufficient for a period of 8 days.

He also that Sri Lanka's power generation crisis that should have been solved internally between the Ministries of Power and Energy, has unfortunately spilled into the public domain.

"All the allegations and issues could have been raised internally and the solution made public," said the Minister.

He also added that NO proposal was made to change the standards of the fuel delivered to Sri Lanka, adding that these are matters spread across social media platforms by those who wish to generate profits from Diesel.

"Some may be mixing other fuel, like Kerosene, to generate more profits," he said adding that if a person has been victimized via such measures, one must immediately notify the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation over the matter.

He said that Sri Lanka's fuel stocks fluctuate every week, and there will be shipments coming in every week to Sri Lanka, and dismissed claims that Sri Lanka is losing fuel stocks by the day.