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Fuel pumping begins, distribution after 6pm
The fuel shipped aboard the oil tanker Neveska Lady, is currently being pumped to the Muthurajawela storage tanks with fuel distribution scheduled to begin at 6 p.m, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Chairman Dammika Ranatunga said.
He said the final laboratory test report was received around 12.30 p.m and it met the specifications laid down by the CPC.
Ranatunga said the CPC had begun supplied 1,500 metric tons of petrol from the previous stock to filling stations.
He said all filling station-owners were advised to keep their facilities open over night and bowsers have already lined up at Muthurajawela. (Thilanka Kanakarathna)
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