India: India Sends 40,000 Metric Tonnes Of Diesel To Crisis-Hit Sri Lanka

NEW DELHI, 16 May 2022, (TON): A consignment of 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel from India reached Sri Lanka, the fourth such assistance from New Delhi, to mitigate the spike in power cuts in the island nation, which is facing an unprecedented economic and energy crisis caused due to shortage of foreign exchange.

Power cuts lasting over 13 hours were imposed, the longest cut since 1996 when a strike by the state power entity employees caused a 72-hour black out.

Officials of the state fuel entity, Ceylon Electricity Board, said “the Indian diesel supplies would ease the ongoing power cuts.”

The power cuts effective Saturday are over 8.5 hours.

Indian High Commission here tweeted "more fuel supplies delivered by #India to #SriLanka! A consignment of 40,000 MT of diesel under #Indian assistance through Line of Credit of $500 mn was handed over by High Commissioner to Hon'ble Energy Minister Gamini Lokuge in Colombo.”

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