COLOMBO (News 1st); President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed to streamline and expedite the fuel distribution process, during a meeting held at the Prime Minister’s office today (23).

The President had also instructed the Minister of Transport to enable school vans to obtain fuel from SLTB depots from 03:00 PM today, in view of the reopening of schools from 25th of July.

Moreover, the President also instructed to issue fuel from SLTB depots and Army camps for fisheries, tourism and agriculture sectors, while he also instructed authorities to take swift action against fuel hoarders.

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