Will reduce fuel queues within two days: Minister

Will reduce fuel queues within two days: Energy Minister

by Amani Nilar 27-08-2022 | 4:34 PM

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Minister of Energy, Kanchana Wijesekara says that he plans to reduce the fuel queues within the next two days.

In a tweet, the Minister said that he reviewed fuel distribution and instructed to distribute additional stocks of all products islandwide in the next 3 days. 

Moreover, the Minister acknowledged that long fuel queues have been created, and reasoned that lapses in distribution, delays in unloading and delays in payments for orders by Fuel stations has created these long lines.