Ceylon Petroleum Workers On Strike - Indian Oil Company To Distribute Enough Fuel To The Public

Although the Fuel filling stations belonging to Ceylon Petroleum Corporation closed due to the ongoing island wide continuous strike of Petroleum workers organized by Petroleum Trade Unions Collective,202 Indian Oil Company (IOC) Fuel  filling stations in the country are currently distributing fuel to the public without a shortage it has been reported.

According to the Indian Oil Company officials the Company had taken steps to bring Fuel stored in it's Fuel stores in Trincomalee to distribute in Colombo .

A long queues have been seen in front of IOC Filling stations due to this situation.

However it has been revealed that most of the Fuel filling Stations belonging to Ceylon Petroleum Corporation have closed due to the stock of fuel they stored have already finished.This situation occurred as the Petroleum Unions which commenced the strike had stated yesterday that a fuel shortage might be appeared due to the strike today and as a result  some motorists have purchased liters of Fuel more than the required amount to face the fuel shortage.

The Petroleum Trade Unions Collective had launched the strike since midnight last night by demanding solutions for several demands including preventing the handing over of Oil Tanks in Trincomalee to India based on leasing system.