40 fuel stations to be suspended for not complying with QR quotas: Minister

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Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera yesterday said a decision has been taken to suspend 40 fuel stations that have continuously disregarded fuel quotas stipulated by the National Fuel Pass QR.

Taking to twitter, he said the decision was taken during a progress review meeting held with the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Limited (CPSTL) management and officer’s yesterday morning. “Reviewed the fuel cargo plan for the next eight weeks, including refinery operations, and fuel distribution during the festive season,” he added. Minister Wijesekera also said that it was decided that all fuel stations will be required to maintain a minimum of 50% of stock tank capacity in future. “The GPS tracking systems will be fixed to all CPC-owned fuel tankers by 15 April,” noted, adding that it will be implemented for all private tankers thereafter.