Severe gas shortage due to forex issue!!

The country is currently facing a severe gas shortage as three gas tankers are being anchored off the Sri Lankan waters due to the non-issuance of letters of credit by Sri Lankan commercial banks in the face of the dollar crisis.

Informed sources said that since last Friday distribution of Litro gas has come to a complete halt. Our reporters confirmed that people from most of the areas in the country are complaining about the gas shortage in their respective areas.

Due to the shortage, operations of crematoriums, factories and large scale hotels, bakeries have been severely affected. “Some 1000 bakeries have already halted their operations temporarily due to the lack of gas,” a spokesman for the All Ceylon Bakery Owners’ Association said.

Several attempts to contact Litro Gas Company officials have failed.

Meanwhile, informed sources revealed that three gas tankers have been anchored in Sri Lankan waters for the past six days due to the non-issuance of letters of credit by Sri Lankan commercial banks.

Meanwhile, several public protests were held in some areas in the country during the past few days over the gas shortage. (Sunil Jayasiri)

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