The supply of petrol for quasi-cars in Sri Lanka has been halted due to the country’s greatest financial crisis in years.
Authorities ordered the 22 million residents to work remotely, and urban schools were shut down.
The South Asian nation is attempting to negotiate a rescue agreement because it is having trouble paying for imports like food and fuel.
“Since the 1970s oil crisis, when fuel was rationed in the US and Europe and speed limits were implemented to lower demand, Sri Lanka is the first nation to take the dramatic step of stopping sales of petroleum to regular consumers.”.– Nathan Piper head of oil and gas research
He claimed that the embargo highlighted Sri Lanka’s small foreign exchange resources and the sharp increase in oil prices.
Bandula Gunewardena, a spokesperson for the cabinet, claimed that Sri Lanka had “never experienced such a serious financial recession in its history.”
The question of how they will exist lacking fuel concerns many islanders. At petrol stations all around Sri Lanka, there have also been long lineups in recent months.
Acute lack of food, medication, and gasoline has contributed lower standard of living in the country In Sri Lanka so many people depend on automobiles for their means of transportation and work.
The state said on Monday that until July 10 it would forbid the buying of petrol and diesel for personal vehicles.
