Although most of the activities in the country will come in to standstill due to the fuel shortage from midnight tonight (27), Trains will run as usual due to the availability of Fuel according to the Sri Lanka Railways Department ,
Trains will run as usual without any delay the Department has stated ,
Government has decided to issue fuel only for the essential services with effect from midnight tonight (27) until 10th of July in view of preserve the limited quantity of Fuel available in the country at present Cabinet spokesman Minister Bandula Gunawardane has stated today (27) .
Accordingly During the that period fuel will be issued only for the essential services Including Health ,Defense ,Power ,Export industries and Tourism industry and Private vehicles will not receive fuel .All state and private sector employees are being asked to work from homeduring the period Minister gunawardane has stressed .
Inter provincial transport activities are being restricted during that period and Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) Buses will run only short distance journeys it has been announced ,However all shops and Pharmacies will remain open during that period ,
Due to the current fuel shortage the country ,Government has decided to recall a limited number of employees to work in view of save fuel according to the Ministry Of Public Administration .
The Ministry had issued circular in this regard already ,Government employees had worked from home during last week because of the fuel shortage ,
As there's no Diesel and water to generate power ,Public Utilities Commission has given approval to extend the daily power cut hours by one hour from tomorrow (27) the Commission ha stated .
Accordingly there will be three hour long daily power cuts scheduled to be imposed from tomorrow until Next Sunday (03) it has been announced ,
These power cuts will be implemented as two hours and forty minutes in the noon session and Twenty minutes during the night session in 20 zones belonging to the groups "A " to "Z" the Public utilities commission has stated ,
Ministry Of Education has decided not to conduct City schools for this week as well due to the current fuel shortage faced by the country .
Accordingly all City schools will be closed from 27th of June to 01st of July and the School children of those schools need to study online during this week the Ministry has stated ,
Earlier Ministry has stated that the All the city schools will be conducted three days during this week .However as the Ministry of Power has announced that there's a severe fuel shortage in the country at present Ministry Of Education has decided to closed down the City schools for this week as well as a result of transport difficulties faced by the School children and the teachers ,
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