Fuel queues make festive, holiday week painful for people

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People wait in a line to buy petrol at a Ceylon Ceypetco fuel station on a main road, amid the country’s economic crisis in Colombo,

Sri Lanka on 12 April – Reuters

Drivers push their three-wheelers while waiting in a line to buy petrol at a Ceylon Ceypetco fuel station on a main road on 12 April – Reuters

Motorbikes and three-wheeler vehicles queue to fill their tanks up at a Ceylon Petroleum Corporation fuel station in Colombo on 12 April – AFP

People queue to buy Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders in Colombo on 11 April – AFP

As Sri Lankans head for the holiday week on account of Sinhala-Tamil New Year followed by Good Friday and

Motorists queue to fill their tanks up at a Ceylon Petroleum Corporation fuel station in Colombo on 12 April - AFP

Easter Sunday, pain of sourcing fuel and LPG worsened with long queues seen. Here are some scenes in Colombo.

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