(MENAFN- Colombo Gazette)
Fuel storage and distribution has been declared an essential service and the army has been deployed to take over distribution from the Kollonawa oil refinery.
The move follows a continuous strike launched by petroleum unions since Monday severely affecting fuel distribution in the country.
President Maithripala Sirisena issued a gazette notice declaring fuel storage and distribution an essential service from today.
The Government today said that fuel distribution bowsers have been instructed to report to the respective fuel storage facilities in order to distribute fuel to the fuel stations.
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