Sri Lanka, March 9 -- Concerns are mounting in Sri Lanka over a potential fuel shortage after April, despite government assurances of adequate reserves.

Palitha said that before the National People's Power government, daily petrol sales reached 4,000 metric tons and diesel 4,500-5,000 metric tons, with nearly 1,000 metric tons of diesel supplied daily to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) for power generation. At that time, roughly 8,000 metric tons of fuel were released daily. Currently, only about 4,500 metric tons are entering the market on average.

He questioned government claims regarding fuel availability at the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), noting that the country's main storage Muthurajawela (110,000 MT), Kolonnawa (40,000...