India sends 40k MT diesel to Sri Lanka; rice supply soon
2 years, 8 months ago

India sends 40k MT diesel to Sri Lanka; rice supply soon

Hindustan Times  

A consignment of 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel from India reached Sri Lanka on Saturday, while traders have started loading 40,000 tonnes of rice for prompt shipment as the island national faces an unprecedented economic and energy crisis caused due to shortage of foreign exchange, officials said. Power cuts lasting over 13 hours were imposed on Thursday, the longest cut since 1996 when a strike by the state power entity employees caused a 72-hour black out. Officials of the state fuel entity, Ceylon Electricity Board, said the Indian diesel supplies would ease the ongoing power cuts. “Rice loading has started in southern ports,” said B.V. Krishna Rao, managing director of Pattabhi Agro Foods, which is supplying rice to Sri Lanka State Trading Corp under the Indian Credit Facility Agreement.

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Sri Lanka Returns to Uninterrupted Power Supply After a Year; at Higher Cost
1 year, 10 months ago

Sri Lanka Returns to Uninterrupted Power Supply After a Year; at Higher Cost

News 18  

After a year of load-shedding, Sri Lankans will get continuous power from Thursday, albeit with a hike in tariff in line with the conditions set by the IMF. President Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed officials to ensure an uninterrupted power supply to customers after the tariff revision is implemented, a statement from the President’s Media Division said. The state power entity …

Sri Lanka imports 600,000 metric tonnes of substandard rice due to flawed chemical fertiliser ban: Minister
2 years, 3 months ago

Sri Lanka imports 600,000 metric tonnes of substandard rice due to flawed chemical fertiliser ban: Minister

India TV News  

Highlights Poisonous rice has been imported due to flawed decision of previous government Last year, Gotabaya Rajapaksa put a blanket ban on imports of chemical fertilizers Sri Lanka is going through its worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948 Sri Lanka economic crisis : Lanka's Agricultural Minister Mahinda Amaraweera informed Parliament on Thursday that the cash-strapped country had to …

Sri Lanka to restrict fuel imports for next 12 months
2 years, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka to restrict fuel imports for next 12 months

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka will restrict fuel imports for the next 12 months because of a severe shortage of foreign exchange, its energy minister said on July 25, as the island nation's new government seeks to find a way out of a crippling economic crisis. "Due to Forex issues, Fuel imports has to be restricted in the next 12 months," Sri Lanka's …

With no fuel and no cash, Sri Lanka grinds to a halt
2 years, 5 months ago

With no fuel and no cash, Sri Lanka grinds to a halt

Al Jazeera  

Less than a day’s worth of fuel remains, says the energy minister, as the cash-strapped nation extends school closures. Sri Lanka has less than a day’s worth of fuel left, the energy minister says, with public transport grinding to a halt as the country’s economic crisis deepens. Power and energy minister Kanchana Wijesekera on Sunday said petrol reserves were about …

Sri Lanka fuel crisis: Govt declares week-long holiday for schools from tomorrow
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka fuel crisis: Govt declares week-long holiday for schools from tomorrow

India TV News  

Highlights Schools will remain shut for a week as the country faces a severe fuel crisis People were asked to work from home while several teachers were requested to teach online Since the fuel crisis many people opted to use bicycles as mode of transportation Sri Lankan schools will remain shut for a week as the country faces a severe …

Sri Lanka runs out of fuel, suspends sales for two weeks
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka runs out of fuel, suspends sales for two weeks

The Hindu  

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka suspended nationwide fuel sales, except for essential services, for nearly a fortnight as the island faces a rapidly worsening economic crisis. Colombo turns to India Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda on Monday met Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri in New Delhi to discuss the possibility of “securing petrol and …

Sri Lanka runs out of fuel, only essential services to operate from midnight till July 10
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka runs out of fuel, only essential services to operate from midnight till July 10

India TV News  

Highlights Sri Lankan government announced only essential services will operate from midnight till July 10 Other operations will be temporarily suspended, crisis-hit nation's govt said, amid economic crisis Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said India would not be able to keep Sri Lanka afloat for too long Sri lanka economic crisis: The Sri Lankan government announced on Monday that only essential services …

Sri Lanka's fuel crisis touches new heights: Govt to shut offices, schools from next week
2 years, 6 months ago

Sri Lanka's fuel crisis touches new heights: Govt to shut offices, schools from next week

India TV News  

The fuel crisis in Sri Lanka hit a new high, with the country's government announcing a shut-down of public sector offices from next week, beginning Monday. The country has been facing several power cuts, and the government has now asked teachers in all government and government approved private schools in the Colombo city limits to conduct online classes from next …

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka allows gov’t workers 4-day week to grow food
2 years, 6 months ago

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka allows gov’t workers 4-day week to grow food

Al Jazeera  

The island nation asks public sector employees to take off on Fridays to grow crops in their back yards in a bid to forestall a looming food shortage. Sri Lanka has approved a four-day work week for public sector workers to grow food in their back yards in a bid to forestall a looming food shortage as the government struggles …

Electricity cuts hit Sri Lanka as key union goes on strike
2 years, 6 months ago

Electricity cuts hit Sri Lanka as key union goes on strike

Al Jazeera  

About 900 of approximately 1,100 engineers of the state-run Ceylon Electricity Board are on strike, stalling operations. Swaths of Sri Lanka have been hit by electricity cuts after a power sector union went on strike in protest against new government regulations, compounding hardships as the country tackles its worst economic crisis in decades. About 900 out of approximately 1,100 engineers …

India assures Sri Lanka of fertiliser supplies to avoid food shortages
2 years, 6 months ago

India assures Sri Lanka of fertiliser supplies to avoid food shortages

India TV News  

Highlights India assured Sri Lanka of fertiliser supplies to help debt-ridden country avert food shortages Food shortage is caused by crop losses and exacerbated by the worst economic crisis in Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa said PM Modi had assured him of fertiliser supplies for next cultivation season India has assured Sri Lanka of fertiliser supplies to help the debt-ridden country …

India sends 15,000 litres of kerosene for fisherfolk in crisis-hit Sri Lanka
2 years, 6 months ago

India sends 15,000 litres of kerosene for fisherfolk in crisis-hit Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

India sent 15,000 litres of kerosene to Sri Lanka on Saturday to help 700 fisherfolk and power ferry services in the Tamil-dominated Jaffna city, days after it delivered around 40,000 metric tonnes of petrol to the debt-ridden island nation which is grappling with its worst economic crisis. India on Friday handed over 25 tonnes of medical supplies worth over $700,000 …

After petrol, India sends kerosene to Sri Lanka
2 years, 6 months ago

After petrol, India sends kerosene to Sri Lanka

Live Mint  

On May 28, India provided 15,000 litres of kerosene to Sri Lanka to aid 700 fishermen and power ferry services in the Tamil-dominated Jaffna city, just days after delivering 40,000 metric tonnes of petrol to the debt-ridden island nation in the midst of its worst economic crisis in decades. India on Friday handed over 25 tonnes of medical supplies worth …

India supplies another 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel to crisis-hit Sri Lanka
2 years, 7 months ago

India supplies another 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel to crisis-hit Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

India on Saturday provided another 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel to Sri Lanka under the credit line facility to the island nation which is grappling with its worst economic crisis. On Friday, the mission here said that an Indian ship laden with urgent relief supplies like rice, medicines and milk powder for the people of crisis-hit Sri Lanka is scheduled …

India sends one more consignment of 40,000 MT of diesel to economic crisis-hit Sri Lanka
2 years, 8 months ago

India sends one more consignment of 40,000 MT of diesel to economic crisis-hit Sri Lanka

Firstpost  

Earlier, India delivered 40,000 MT of diesel to Sri Lanka on 2 April. This was India’s fourth consignment of fuel delivered to Sri Lanka under the Line of Credit Colombo: India on Thursday said it has delivered one more consignment of 40,000 MT of diesel to Sri Lanka under the Indian credit line to help ease the acute power crisis …

India sends one more consignment of 40,000 MT of diesel to Sri Lanka
2 years, 8 months ago

India sends one more consignment of 40,000 MT of diesel to Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

India on Thursday said it has delivered one more consignment of 40,000 MT of diesel to Sri Lanka under the Indian credit line to help ease the acute power crisis in the island nation. The High Commission said that 40,000 MT of diesel under the Indian credit line reached Sri Lanka on Wednesday. India and Sri Lanka signed a $500 …

Burning tyres, blocked roads as Sri Lanka protests fuel shortage, price hikes
2 years, 8 months ago

Burning tyres, blocked roads as Sri Lanka protests fuel shortage, price hikes

Hindustan Times  

A shortage of fuel in crisis-hit Sri Lanka ignited massive protests across the country Tuesday as tens of thousands of angry motorists burned tyres and blocked a major road leading into capital Colombo, news agency AFP reported citing police and local officials. Sri Lanka fuel protests Protests have engulfed the island nation over the past weeks after the government ran …

11,000 MT of rice from India reaches Sri Lanka
2 years, 8 months ago

11,000 MT of rice from India reaches Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

A shipment of 11,000 MT of rice from India arrived here on Tuesday to help the economic crisis hit Sri Lankans celebrate the traditional national new year. The shipment of rice from India reached Colombo on board a ship, ahead of the New Year celebration by the people of Sri Lanka, an Indian High Commission statement said. "16,000 MT rice …

11,000 MT of Rice from India Reaches Colombo Ahead of New Year Celebration in Sri Lankan
2 years, 8 months ago

11,000 MT of Rice from India Reaches Colombo Ahead of New Year Celebration in Sri Lankan

News 18  

A shipment of 11,000 MT of rice from India arrived in Colombo on Tuesday to help the economic crisis hit Sri Lankans celebrate the traditional national new year. The shipment of rice from India reached Colombo on board ship, ahead of the New Year celebration by the people of Sri Lanka, an Indian High Commission statement said. “16,000 MT rice …

Lankan fuel pumps may go dry by April end; India\'s credit line exhausting fast
2 years, 8 months ago

Lankan fuel pumps may go dry by April end; India\'s credit line exhausting fast

Deccan Chronicle  

Colombo: Sri Lanka may run out of diesel by the end of this month with the USD 500 million line of credit extended by India for fuel purchase exhausting fast amidst the unprecedented shortage of foreign reserves. Meanwhile, the Sri Lanka Medical Association has warned President Rajapaksa about the shortage of even the most essential medicines in the island nation …

India sends fuel consignments to Sri Lanka to help mitigate power woes
2 years, 8 months ago

India sends fuel consignments to Sri Lanka to help mitigate power woes

Hindustan Times  

India on Wednesday sent two fuel consignments to neighbouring Sri Lanka as the island nation is suffering through its worst economic crisis in decades. People shout slogans against Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and demand that Rajapaksa family politicians step down, during a protest amid the country's economic crisis, at Independence Square in Colombo, Sri Lanka. So far, India has …

40,000 MT Diesel from India Reaches Crisis-hit Lanka as it Struggles to Mitigate Power Outage
2 years, 8 months ago

40,000 MT Diesel from India Reaches Crisis-hit Lanka as it Struggles to Mitigate Power Outage

News 18  

A consignment of 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel from India reached Sri Lanka on Saturday, the fourth such assistance from New Delhi, to mitigate the spike in power cuts in the island nation, which is facing an unprecedented economic and energy crisis caused due to shortage of foreign exchange. Power cuts lasting over 13 hours were imposed on Thursday, the …

Sri Lanka imposes 36-hour curfew until 6 a.m. on April 4
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka imposes 36-hour curfew until 6 a.m. on April 4

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka has declared a weekend curfew, ahead of mass protests planned by citizens’ groups challenging the government over its “failed” response to a heightening economic crisis in the island nation. A proclamation from the President said the Emergency was in the interests of “public security, the protection of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to …

India starts supplying rice to Sri Lanka in first major food aid
2 years, 8 months ago

India starts supplying rice to Sri Lanka in first major food aid

Deccan Chronicle  

MUMBAI/COLOMBO: Indian traders have started loading 40,000 tonnes of rice for prompt shipment to Sri Lanka in the first major food aid since Colombo secured a credit line from New Delhi, two officials told Reuters on Saturday. "Rice loading has started in southern ports," said B.V. Krishna Rao, managing director of Pattabhi Agro Foods, which is supplying rice to Sri …

Sri Lanka crisis: India sends 40k tonnes of diesel, supply of rice soon
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka crisis: India sends 40k tonnes of diesel, supply of rice soon

Hindustan Times  

India on Saturday delivered 40,000 tonnes of diesel to crisis-hit Sri Lanka, the island nation's NewsWire said, quoting Ceylon Petroleum Corporation chairman Sumith Wijesinghe. NewsWire said distribution will start this evening - welcome news for hundreds of fuel stations across Sri Lanka that had no supply over the past few days. The diesel shipment is part of an additional $500 …

Sri Lanka crisis: India starts supplying rice in first major food aid
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka crisis: India starts supplying rice in first major food aid

Live Mint  

Indian traders have started loading 40,000 tonnes of rice for prompt shipment to Sri Lanka in the first major food aid since Colombo secured credit line from New Delhi, two officials told Reuters on Saturday. Sri Lanka — an Indian Ocean island nation of 22 million people — is struggling to pay for essential imports after a 70% drop in …

Food shortage, 13-hour power cuts, and no paper: How Sri Lanka's economic crisis has worsened
2 years, 8 months ago

Food shortage, 13-hour power cuts, and no paper: How Sri Lanka's economic crisis has worsened

Firstpost  

The island nation is seeing severe shortages of essentials, sharp price rises and crippling power cuts in its most painful downturn since independence in 1948. On Thursday, it led to violent protests outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s house, demanding his resignation Sri Lanka descended into violence and chaos on Thursday night when thousands of protesters gathered outside the home of President …

Sri Lanka economic crisis | 45 arrested; brief curfew imposed outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka economic crisis | 45 arrested; brief curfew imposed outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence

The Hindu  

At least 45 people were arrested and a curfew briefly imposed in most parts of Colombo city after hundreds of protesters gathered outside the residence of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, demanding his resignation for failing to address the worst economic crisis in the island nation. On Thursday, protesters shouted slogans, directing their ire against what they perceive as the …

Sri Lanka crisis: Protest outside President's house turns violent; country runs out of diesel
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka crisis: Protest outside President's house turns violent; country runs out of diesel

India TV News  

Highlights Thousands protest outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa house in Colombo The crowd shouted, "Go home, Gota go home" The mob set fire to one of buses and turned back a fire truck that rushed to douse it Sri Lanka Latest News: Police fired tear gas and a water cannon at thousands of protesters outside the home of Sri Lanka's President …

Lanka IOC supplies 6,000 MT fuel to ease Sri Lanka’s power shortage
2 years, 8 months ago

Lanka IOC supplies 6,000 MT fuel to ease Sri Lanka’s power shortage

The Hindu  

Lanka IOC, the subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation in Sri Lanka, will supply 6,000 MT of fuel to the island nation, to help ease its acute power shortage leading to upto 13-hour-long power cuts this week. Meanwhile, a fourth consignment of fuel from India is expected to reach the island nation by this weekend, as part of the continuing supply …

Sri Lanka runs out of diesel, faces longest-ever blackout
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka runs out of diesel, faces longest-ever blackout

The Hindu  

Diesel was no longer on sale across Sri Lanka on Thursday, crippling transport as the crisis-hit country’s 22 million people endured record-long power blackouts. “We are still using old stocks of diesel, but if we don’t get supplies by this evening, we will not be able to operate,” chairman of the private bus operators association Gemunu Wijeratne told AFP. The …

Sri Lanka crisis forces 13-hour blackouts, hospitals stop surgery
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka crisis forces 13-hour blackouts, hospitals stop surgery

Al Jazeera  

Power regulator urges government employees to work from home to save fuel and hospitals suspend routine surgeries as economic crisis deepens. Sri Lanka has announced nationwide 13-hour daily power cuts from Thursday and more hospitals suspended routine surgeries after running out of life-saving medicines, as the cash-strapped island’s economic crisis deepens. “We made a request to the government to allow …

Sri Lanka Increases Daily Power Cuts to 10 Hours as Fuel Crisis Worsens
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka Increases Daily Power Cuts to 10 Hours as Fuel Crisis Worsens

News 18  

The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday extended the nationwide daily power cuts from seven hours to 10 due to the non-availability of fuel to generate hydro-electricity. The daily power cuts in the island nation have been further extended Wednesday morning to 10 hours, officials said. There is a shortage of 750 megawatt due to non-availability of fuel to generate thermal …

Sri Lanka plunges into 10-hour daily power cut as fuel crisis worsens
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka plunges into 10-hour daily power cut as fuel crisis worsens

The Hindu  

The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday, March 29, 2022, imposed a nationwide 10-hour daily power cut due to shortage of hydro-electricity triggered by non-availability of fuel. “There is a shortage of 750 megawatt due to non availability of fuel to generate thermal power,” the chair of the Public Utilities Commission Janaka Ratnayaka said. Energy minister Gamini Lokuge said the government …

Sri Lanka plunges into 10-hour daily power cut as fuel crisis worsens
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka plunges into 10-hour daily power cut as fuel crisis worsens

India TV News  

Highlights Sri Lanka imposed a nationwide 10-hour daily power cut due to shortage of hydro-electricity Sri Lanka is facing an unprecedented acute economic and energy crisis India recently announced to extend a USD 1 billion line of credit to Sri Lanka The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday imposed a nationwide 10-hour daily power cut due to shortage of hydro-electricity triggered …

India to send 40,000 tonnes of diesel to crisis-hit Sri Lanka
2 years, 9 months ago

India to send 40,000 tonnes of diesel to crisis-hit Sri Lanka

Hindustan Times  

India has acceded to a request from Sri Lanka to urgently provide a consignment of diesel in addition to monthly fuel supplies under a $500-million line of credit to tide over a severe shortage amid the island nation’s economic crisis. State-run Indian Oil Corporation is expected to provide a consignment of 40,000 tonnes of diesel to Sri Lanka soon, people …

Fuel shortage, power outages aggravate Sri Lanka’s economic crisis
2 years, 9 months ago

Fuel shortage, power outages aggravate Sri Lanka’s economic crisis

The Hindu  

A crippling fuel shortage and consequent power cuts across Sri Lanka are threatening to worsen the island nation’s persisting economic crisis, while sparking protests from citizens. Early in February, India and Sri Lanka signed an agreement for a $ 500 million from India to help the island nation with fuel imports. Still scrambling for dollars to import adequate fuel, Sri …

Empty Vehicle Tanks, Power Cuts: Higher Oil Prices Push Sri Lanka into Deeper Economic Crisis
2 years, 9 months ago

Empty Vehicle Tanks, Power Cuts: Higher Oil Prices Push Sri Lanka into Deeper Economic Crisis

News 18  

Sri Lankas already dire economic crisis has deepened as oil prices hover near $110 a barrel. “We can’t find diesel, naphtha and furnace oil, all three kinds and therefore we have been compelled to go for such an extended power cut,” Sri Lanka’s Public Utilities Commission Chairman Janaka Ratnayake told reporters. The higher oil prices are just an extra burden …

Sri Lanka president says no more power cuts after March 5
2 years, 9 months ago

Sri Lanka president says no more power cuts after March 5

Al Jazeera  

Assurance follows days of outages caused by a lack of funds to buy enough fuel to fire power plants. Sri Lanka will suffer no more power cuts after March 5, the president’s office has said in a statement, following days of outages caused by a lack of funds to buy enough fuel to fire power plants. Sri Lanka currently needs …

Sri Lanka imposes longest power cuts in 26 years
2 years, 9 months ago

Sri Lanka imposes longest power cuts in 26 years

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka on Tuesday announced nationwide seven-and-a-half hour daily power cuts, the longest in more than a quarter of a century, as its foreign exchange crisis leaves it unable to import oil. "What we are facing is not an issue of electricity capacity, but a foreign exchange crisis," the regulatory commission said adding that the country was unable to find …

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