Arjuna Appeals to Motorists to Use Petrol Sparingly

Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) sources said the usual consumption of petrol, which is about 2,000 MT per day, had doubled in the last three days as panicked consumers started stocking up petrol. Long queues were seen outside filling stations in and around Colombo for the third day yesterday, as the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) struggled to meet the petrol demand that shot up suddenly due to panic buying caused by fear psychosis that there will be fuel shortage on card. The CPC sources said that ship carrying 30,000 MT of fuel will arrive in the country by Wednesday (8).

Hence, Petroleum Resources Development Minister Arjuna Ranatunga has made an appeal to motorists to use petrol sparingly until the situation normalises by Wednesday(8).