No petrol shortage ... no petrol in sheds

No petrol shortage ... no petrol in sheds

Issues about petrol that cropped up as a result of an oil vessel being rejected recently, a shortage of petrol which was prevalent all over the country was settled because oil vessels containing oil reached the island. However a further shortage of petrol is seen

at petrol sheds by now.

Though government say that this shortage is an artificial one, because of rumours that went round, the tendency for a shortage of petrol at several outlets has emerged. Because of the rumours which keep circulating, queues were observed in many regions of Colombo and several other areas in the island from last evening (19). When questioned about this, Mr. Upali Marasinghe, Secretary of Petroleum Resources Development had mentioned that a sufficient stock of petrol has been stored and that since another ship containing petrol would be arriving in Colombo within the next day or two there is no possibility of a shortage coming into force. Photographs published here show public gathered at petrol sheds fearing a shortage of petrol