The fuel quota will be further increased next month following an evaluation, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said.
He said the fuel cargo plan and supply for the next six months was reviewed with the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC).
“Fuel import plans, refinery operations, refinery upgrade proposals, QR quotas, storage capacity, stock automaton, agreements with fuel stations, distribution was reviewed and discussed,” he said in a tweet.
Fuel cargo plan & supply for the next 6 months was reviewed with CPC. Fuel import plans, refinery operations, refinery upgrade proposals, QR quotas, storage capacity, stock automaton, agreements with fuel stations, distribution as was reviewed & discussed. Fuel quotas will be… pic.twitter.com/7XYF9uMukv
Former Sports Minister – Mahindananda Aluthgamage as well as former Trade Minister and Sathosa Chairman – Nalin Fernando, have been placed in a common ward at Welikada Prison, where they will be held with other general inmates.
Prison authorities confirmed that both individuals were issued standard-issue jumpers, along with a mat and pillow, as per prison protocol.
The two were brought to Welikada Prison yesterday afternoon following their sentencing and were subsequently subjected to medical examinations before being transferred to their assigned ward.
The Colombo Permanent High Court Trial-at-Bar yesterday (May 29) sentenced the duo over their involvement in a major corruption case linked to the importation of sports equipment, which is infamously known as the ‘Carrom Board’ case.
Ex-Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage was sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment while former Trade Minister – Nalin Fernando was sentenced to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment for his involvement in the case as the Lanka Sathosa Chairman at that time.
02 people have been injured when a part of a telecommunications tower collapsed on a house in the Upper Thannekumbura area of Kandy.
The Director General of the Disaster Management Center, retired Major General – Sampath Kotuwegoda, stated that the injured were a woman and her daughter who live in the house.
