Mr. Kanchana Wijesekera, the Minister of Electricity and Energy, said that according to the national fuel license known as Fuel Pass, fuel distribution will be started from next Monday (25) only in a few selected areas and from the 21st, fuel distribution will start nationwide according to the last number date system. says.
Referring to a Twitter message, he said that two million drivers have registered to get the Fuel Pass service by 4.00 pm today. He says that it is possible to register in the coming days as well.
He also claims that fuel will be provided according to the last digit of the vehicle number plate from July 21-24. Accordingly, if the last number of the vehicle number plate is 0-1 or 2, then on Tuesdays and Saturdays, if the last numbers are 3-4-5, on Thursdays and Sundays, and if the last numbers are 6-7-8-9, then you can get fuel from filling stations on Sunday-Wednesday-Friday.
The Minister’s Twitter message also states that a pilot project to test the fuel license system will be implemented at several selected locations in Colombo from next Monday.