COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Sunday extended school closures for one week duetothefactthat there isn’t enough fuel for instructors and momsanddads to get kids to class, and the energy minister appealed to the nation’s expatriates to sendout cash house through banks to financing brand-new oil purchases.
A substantial foreign financialobligation has left the Indian Ocean island with none of the providers ready to sell fuel on credit. The readilyavailable stocks, enough for just anumberof days, will be offered for important services, consistingof health and port employees, public transportation and food circulation, authorities stated.
”Finding cash is a difficulty. It’s a substantial obstacle,” Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera informed pressreporters.
He stated the federalgovernment hasactually purchased brand-new fuel stocks and the veryfirst ship with 40,000 metric loads of diesel is anticipated to gethere on Friday while the veryfirst ship bring gas would come on July22
Several other fuel deliveries are in the pipeline. But he stated authorities are havingahardtime to discover $587 million to pay for the fuel. Wijesekera stated that Sri Lanka owed about $800 million to 7 fuel providers.
Last month, schools were closed acrossthecountry for a day due to fuel scarcities and had stay