Ministry requests public to send evidence of illegal fuel hoarding, selling

The Power and Energy ministry requested the public to send photo or video evidence through WhatsApp of illegal fuel hoarding or selling and other related activities to the contact number 0742123123.

The access of the QR code of those people will be temporarily blocked for repeated offenders and legal action will follow accordingly, the Minister said.

Meanwhile, the motorists who are not able to register with their vehicle Chassis Numbers, would be able to register their vehicles with the Revenue Licence number from tomorrow.

Ambulances will be given priority at all fuel stations and to be given the requested amount of fuel by them to refuel their vehicles.

Meanwhile, the QR system under the National Fuel Pass will be effective from August 1 across the country and the last digit on number plate is, tokens and other systems that were in place will be invalid and the QR system & quota will be applied.

The fuel distribution will be prioritized for filling stations that adopt the QR system.

The system will be monitored to check the number of users of QR from the stocks distributed to filling stations.

The ministry requested all Three Wheelers to register with respective police stations and to nominate the closest filling station to them.

The ministry has also requested the generator users, garden equipment, machinery, and other equipment that require fuel, to register at the respective divisional Secretariats with the type of fuel required, weekly fuel requirement, and the choice of the filling station.

Businesses with larger fleet of vehicles can register all the vehicles with their Business Registration Number.

Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) depots will also facilitate the Diesel requirement of School Service Vehicles, Office Transport Vehicles, Industries, Tourism Sector, Ambulances, and other essential services verified by the authorities.

Public transport will be given a priority. The fuel quota for buses will be allocated at (SLTB) depots with the quota decided by the route permit and the distance in km in service.

The police department will be given an allocated quota from selected fuel stations in each police division and will be communicated accordingly.

Therefore, the ministry requested the public not to throng the filling stations on Monday itself; the whole week is available to get the allocated quota from filling stations across the county. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)