The report states that President Ranil Wickremesinghe has instructed the minister in charge to immediately increase the existing fuel quota for the New Year festival season. Accordingly, the fuel quota available on the QR route will be increased from today.
According to the new quota, the fuel quota of 10 liters given to passenger three-wheelers per week will be increased to 15 liters, the fuel quota of 05 liters given to ordinary three-wheelers will be increased to 08 liters, the fuel quota of 04 liters given to motorcycles will be increased to 07 liters, and the fuel quota given to buses will be 07 liters. The fuel quota of 40 liters will be increased to 60 liters, the fuel quota of 20 liters will be increased to 30 liters for cars, the fuel quota of 15 liters will be increased to 25 liters for land vehicles, and the fuel quota of 50 liters will be increased to 75 liters for trucks. , steps have been taken to increase the fuel quota of 04 liters for Quadric Cycle to 06 liters, the fuel quota of 20 liters for Special Purpose Vehicles to 30 liters, and the fuel quota of 20 liters to 30 liters for vans. .
Sources of Petroleum Corporation said that customers were able to get this relief due to pre-planning and pre-ordering the increasing need of fuel for the festive season.