INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A fuel information management system has been introduced in Sri Lanka to provide information to the general public on the island-wide fuel
distribution process.This initiative is a collaboration between the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA),
Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Ltd., and the Ministry of Power and Energy.The fuel information management system will give the public
information about the fuel stations that offer fuel, and their availability.The system will be updated daily in the morning, with the
information about the fuel dispatch, along with the fuel filling station details, the quantity of fuel dispatched, and the availability of
stocks.The public would be able to log in to the system via fuel.gov.lk to search for the availability of fuel by location, fuel station,
and fuel type (P92, P05, D, SD and kerosene).The platform is accessible via web, mobile, and SMS
Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Ltd (CPTSL) will ensure that data is updated on a daily basis providing information about the
availability of fuel.Implementing the system would ease the burden, time and hassle of public queuing up at fuel stations not knowing when
the next fuel bowser will be received by the fuel station.Commenting on this initiative, Mr
Ministry of Power and Energy
Our teams have worked tirelessly to implement this system and we believe it is a timely initiative to ease the hassle and burden faced by
time, the public would also be able to subscribe for updates once the stations start reissuing fuel
This feature will be made available in the system in the near future.The SMS service can be activated by sending a text message to 1919 as
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