Sri Lanka deploys army to distribute fuel amid strike

‘The Sri Lankan government has dispatched army servicemen to reinstate the distribution of fuel, which was earlier disrupted as a result of a strike by trade unions.
Sri Lankan army troops on Wednesday joined those workers who have not taken part in the strike at distribution facilities.
Long lines have been being formed at gas stations throughout Sri Lanka since Monday night due to the protest action by workers at the country’s state-run petroleum company, who are opposed to an agreement to sell a 70-percent stake in a southern port to China. The government endorsed that deal on Tuesday.
A spokesman for the Ceylon Petroleum Common Workers Union, D. J. Rajakaruna, said that as part of the deal, China would get 11 oil tanks at the port. Additionally, he said, the government also planned to give 99 oil tanks in the eastern port city of Trincomalee to India.’
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