Sri Lanka state-run CEYPETCO to supply fuel only for filling station with QR system – minister
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CEYPETCO) will supply fuel only for those filling stations using the National Fuel Pass QR system, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Kijesekera said.
The island nation is forced to go for fuel rationing via a QR system to ensure fair distribution among motorists who were compelled to wait days for fuel because less imports amid dollar shortage.
“National Fuel Pass QR system was discussed and informed the distribution of fuel will only take place to stations with the QR system,” Minister Wijesekara said in his twitter message at a meeting held with Fuel Dealers Association on Thursday (04).
Met with Fuel Dealers association this morning. National FuelPass QR system was discussed & informed the distribution of fuel will only take place to stations with the QR system. Related issues, upgrades to system, Fuel requirements for machinery & police stations were discussed. pic.twitter.com/30Gm6kAKcj
— Kanchana Wijesekera (@kanchana_wij) August 4, 2022
A total of 1,235 fuel stations including 1,033 CEYPETCO stations and 202 LIOC stations across the country have adopted the QR system so far, the Ministry data showed.
On Wednesday, the Ministry had decided that option to register fuel requirements under QR system for machinery, equipment and other requirements to be made available within this week.
He also said topics of single mobile for multiple vehicles for businesses, vehicles registration for government departments, Fuel Card for Tourist to be made available at airport in US dollars, a real time stock monitoring system for filling stations, additional quotas and tracing illegal QR codes were also discussed at the meeting with the system developers.
From August 12, government institutions as well as organizations and businesses with multiple vehicles will be able to register with a single Business Registration Number (BRN) or code assigned to them and with just one specific mobile number for all their vehicles, Wijesekara said.
He added that the temporary QR codes obtained for vehicles under one institute will be deleted when registering under the assigned BRN. (Colombo/Aug 04/2022)
