Sri Lanka, March 19 -- The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has announced that, starting today (19), fuel quotas issued through the QR system will be distributed based on the last digit of the vehicle number plate.

Accordingly, the last digit of the vehicles with zero and even-numbered number plates will be allowed to purchase fuel on even-numbered dates.

Owners of vehicles with odd-numbered license plates will be permitted to purchase fuel on odd-numbered dates, Mayura Neththikumarage noted.

Accordingly, today (19) is an odd-numbered date, and vehicles with registration numbers ending in odd digits; 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 are eligible to obtain fuel.

Meanwhile, Chairman D.J. Rajakaruna of the CPC stated that individuals who have not yet...