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Some limited supplies of fuel and gas have resumed in parts of Sri Lanka after a weekend of violent anti-government riots over the country’s dire economic crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Long queues formed today at supply points in communities in the capital Colombo, packed with crisis-weary residents.<\/p>\n
The new supplies come as a long-awaited relief to the city after months of shortages of fuel, food and other basic items.<\/p>\n
The current crisis is the worst in the country since its independence.<\/p>\n
Inflation has caused a sharp rise in prices and the country’s foreign currency reserves appear to have run out, making it impossible to import food, fuel and medicine.<\/p>\n
At the weekend tens of thousands of protesters stormed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence and set it on fire after months of protests over his government’s economic crisis.<\/p>\n
The mobs also torched the residence of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, but neither leader was there at the time of the attacks.<\/p>\n
Today hundreds of people were waiting for cooking gas vouchers upon arrival instead of a LPG delivery. Officials did not say where the ship was coming from.<\/p>\n
A tuk-tuk driver told the BBC he had been queuing for fuel for three days, being replaced by his family members to maintain the vehicle.<\/p>\n
Gayan Kalanda said he had to pay 2,500 rupees ($6.90) \u2013 about half of the day’s earnings \u2013 for just five liters of fuel.<\/p>\n
“We are hungry, we do not feel safe in this country”, he said.<\/p>\n
Both President Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe have said they are ready to resign but have not done so.<\/p>\n
The protesters also say they are not leaving Rajapaksa’s palace until he resigns. Its location is unclear.<\/p>\n
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