The mission to end gas crisis in Sri Lanka is already in progress and the new journey beginning from July 05 – 12 with the arrival of two new gas ships will end the gas queues 100 per cent, Chairman of the state-run LITRO Gas Company Muditha Peiris said, speaking to a programme aired on TV Derana yesterday (25).
Q: Do you believe that a fair solution will be provided to this gas crisis with the new journey beginning from July 05 – 12 through the two ships you mentioned?
“It’s a yes, 100 per cent. I believe gas will be supplied without a shortage. I won’t be thinking about it in an uncertainty. I believe that this would be 100 per cent successful. I took this over as I was aware of the difficulties and as I had the belief that this could be done. I took this over when no one else was ready to take it over. Nor does anyone can. Both the two leaders of the country asked me to take this over in a time when no one else was ready to. So, I believe that we will be able to solve this 100 per cent. Not only that, after the arrival of 25,000 tonnes of gas between July 10 and 15, when those 25,000 tonnes run out, another 20,000 – 25,000 tonnes will arrive into the Maldivian Sea. The empty consignment will be sent back to Oman. Then refilled and taken back. So, until a hundred thousand tonnes – a volume which would suffice for about four months – is consumed, the gas problem in Sri Lanka will be solved. If we were able to provide 80,000 a day in 25 days, all the queues we see in Sri Lanka will end and the people will be able to breath a sigh of relief. Technically put, it takes about 47 days to deliver all four million cylinders. But it won’t even come to that, by the delivery of about three to three and a half million cylinders, a huge change will be evident in the gas crisis of Sri Lanka, we will be able to solve it.”
MIAP
