Devananda claims he prevented increase of a litre of kerosene by Rs 35

Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda has claimed that if not for his intervention, the Cabinet would have increased the price of kerosene by Rs 35.

In a statement issued yesterday, the EPDP leader said that the Cabinet had agreed to his request to increase the price of kerosene only by Rs 7. The Minister said so at a meeting with owners of fishing trawlers.