40,000 MT of Diesel to reach SL today (15)

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) says that a vessel carrying 40,000 MT of diesel will be reaching the country tonight (15).

The Chairman of the CPC Mohamed Uvais Mohamed says that the payments have been made for the vessel carrying diesel.

Also, several vessels carrying diesel and petrol are scheduled to reach the country within the next week.

The News 1st Correspondent informed that there were long queues at several Lanka IOC filling stations across the island today as well.