VICE News: Here’s What Life Looks Like in a Country That’s Run Out of Fuel
Sri Lanka is telling its citizens to stay home and grow their own food, as a government minister announced that fuel reserves have hit “rock bottom.”
Jason Anthony has been in a two-kilometre fuel queue for two days now. In the capital city of Colombo, in the crisis-hit South Asian nation of Sri Lanka, the 35-year-old sleeps in his tuktuk when he’s exhausted, or sits on the pavement with other drivers who have been there for several days too. When the fuel station closes for the day, he walks several kilometres back home, only to return the next day to queue up. He showed VICE World News his makeshift home by the road over a video call.
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WNU Editor: More bad news for Sri Lanka. There is going to be no short-term relief .... IMF-Sri Lanka bailout talks end without a deal (CNBC).
Update: Here is a photo-gallery on what Sri Lankans are going through .... Sri Lanka Fuel Shortages (National Review).
More News On The Crisis In Sri Lanka
Non-essential petrol sales halted for two weeks in Sri Lanka -- BBC
Sri Lanka suspends fuel sales for two weeks as economic crisis worsens -- The Guardian/AFP
Sri Lanka rushes to find fuel as shortages hit schools, workers -- Reuters
Sri Lanka faces humanitarian crisis and is dependent on aid -- AP
As Sri Lanka runs out of fuel, doctors and bankers protest ‘impossible situation’ -- CNN
What are the consequences for Sri Lanka of its economic crisis? -- Al Jazeera
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