COLOMBO: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka announced weekly fuel quotas for motorists on Sunday , as an acute shortage worsened and longer queues formed outside the few pumping stations still operating.
Sri Lanka has been struggling with its worst economic crisis in decades, with the country unable to import basic necessities such as food, fuel and medication due to a lack of foreign exchange reserves. This week, queues at fuel stations had become longer, with hundreds of cars and thousands of motorcycles waiting in line, sometimes for days.
The Sri Lankan government has also approached Moscow's envoy in Colombo to help secure direct supplies of Russian oil, Energy Minister Wijesekera said.
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