Although the usual amount of gas is imported to Sri Lanka after overcoming the shortage of dollars, it would take nearly 30 days to completely overcome the gas shortage in the country, Chairman of Litro Gas Company, Vijitha Herath said
He said at present nearly four million gas cylinders are being used by consumers but only 80,000 cylinders are issued daily from the Muthurajawela gas storage complex to the market, he told the Sunday Observer.
Due to this nearly 30 days would be needed to completely meet consumer demand for gas by filling all the empty gas cylinders in the country.However, new approaches and strategies are now being explored to expedite the supply of gas efficiently to the people by overcoming the present impact of the dollar crisis faced by the country.