A severe shortage of Diesel has been reported within Sri Lanka during the weekend. Sri Lanka Fuel Distributors Association stated that diesel supply being diverted for use in power plants and stockpiling by consumers has caused an island-wide diesel shortage.

Speaking to media on Sunday (27), Gemunu Wijeratne, Chairman of the Private Bus Owners Association said that bus services will be restricted from tomorrow (28) due to the shortage of fuel.

According to him, some fuel stations have completely run out of fuel while they are in no position to pump fuel from Lanka IOC fuel station due to their fuel prices being higher than the fuel stations belonging to the State Oil Corporation CEYPETCO.

According to the Ministry of Energy, a 38,300 Metric Ton Shipment of petrol down will be released tomorrow and shipments of Aviation Fuel, Diesel, Auto Diesel, Super Diesel amounting to 74,600 MT will reach Sri Lanka within next week.