18 August 2021 09:19 am Views - 539
Need funds for much-needed medicines and vaccines
Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila today requested the public to use fuel economically in view to save foreign currency to bring in the much-needed medicines and vaccines.
In a Twitter message, he said the reality is that we are in a foreign currency crisis.The fuel was 18% of our import bill in the past six months of this year, and it may be around 25% in the next six months, he tweeted.