“What a life !” deplore the Daily Mirror. In its June 21 editorial, the Colombo daily returns to the increasingly frequent violence in service stations, where Sri Lankans sometimes wait ten days in endless queues, in the hope of to be able to fill their tank. “Clashes at petrol stations and cooking gas distribution centers are increasing with growing uncertainty over fuel and gas supplies.”
Chronic shortages continue to worsen. According to a Sri Lankan union, around 85% of service stations in the country are running out of fuel. And on June 16, the Minister of Energy, Kanchana Wijesekera, warned that the country had a stockpile of fuel for barely five days.
impending disaster
The following day, Sri Lankan soldiers opened fire at a petrol station in an attempt to control an angry crowd. Several people o