The Hon. Major General (Rtd.) G.D. Sooriyabandara
Major General (Rtd.) G.D. Sooriyabandara raised a supplementary question on difficulties faced by vehicle owners in obtaining or updating fuel QR codes, citing problems caused by prior owners not cancelling registrations and changed mobile numbers. He also referred to an allegation that a filling station in Thimbirigasyaya demanded an extra Rs. 3,000 to issue fuel without a QR code, and asked how the Ministry would resolve pending QR code issues.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thank you, Hon. Minister, for the answer. Hon. Speaker, my first supplementary, a current issue:
¶ 02 Due to the situation in the Middle East, countries are restricting fuel usage. Here, QR codes are used to manage fuel distribution. However, many face difficulties because previous owners did not delete their QR codes when vehicles were sold and due to changed mobile numbers. This morning, a gentleman informed me that at a filling station in Thimbirigasyaya, Rs. 3,000 extra is demanded for fuel without a QR code.
¶ 03 Hon. Minister, how will the Ministry resolve pending issues in obtaining QR codes?
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Cite as: The Hon. Major General (Rtd.) G.D. Sooriyabandara. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 19 March 2026. No. 23381. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/30117