Sri Lanka, March 18 -- Owners of vehicles will be allowed to purchase fuel under an odd-even number plate system from today (19), according to the Managing Director of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), Dr. Mayura Neththikumarage.

The CPC Managing Director noted that from tomorrow, fuel sales for vehicles will be carried out strictly on a rotating system based on odd and even numbers.

Under the system, 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, vehicles with number plates ending in 0, 2, 4, 6, ...