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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Environment
Saroj Pathirana

‘How can we cope?’ ask Sri Lankans as gov’t limits fuel imports

A couple waits in a queue to buy kerosene at a fuel station in Colombo [File: Adnan Abidi/Reuters]

Colombo, Sri Lanka – Mothers, taxi drivers, health workers and many other Sri Lankans are raising serious concerns over the government’s announcement that fuel imports will be restricted for another 12 months.

“Life is already so difficult, everything is so expensive and everything has changed. How can we cope with this for another 12 months?” Sumika Perera, a mother of two from the northern town of Kurunegala, told Al Jazeera on Tuesday.

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