COLOMBO (News 1st); The pilot project of issuing fuel under the QR codes has not been implemented at 5 locations.

In a Tweet, Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera stated that the reasons for not implementing the QR code system were the non-delivery of orders, delays in delivery of orders and delays in delivery.

The minister mentioned that the pilot project of issuing fuel under QR codes will be implemented in the next two days at those five locations.

Minister Wijesekara said that the pilot project of issuing fuel using the QR system has been successfully completed at 20 locations across the island already

The number of vehicles fueled under the QR system is 4,708.

Meanwhile, 3,523,729 people have registered so far to obtain fuel using QR code system.

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