The Hon. Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana
Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana asked what mechanism the Government will use to ensure uninterrupted diesel and kerosene supplies for fishers amid panic buying and restrictions on issuing fuel into cans and barrels. He noted that fishers depend on fuel from harbours and portable containers, and sought clarification on arrangements for both the current stock period and after new consignments arrive, recalling the severe impact of past fuel shortages during the economic crisis.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, my first supplementary is this. Diesel and kerosene are essential for fishers. There is panic buying now of both diesel and kerosene, while the Government says stocks are adequate for about a month. Fishers obtain fuel at harbours, but otherwise in cans and barrels. With current restrictions, fuel is not issued into cans and barrels—kerosene and diesel. What mechanism will you adopt now, and after a month when new consignments arrive, to ensure uninterrupted fuel for fishers, given how they suffered most during the economic crisis due to fuel?
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Cite as: The Hon. Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 March 2026. No. 23335. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/14773