IOC makes move on fisheries harbours

Lanka IOC Company has sought to set up fuel depots at fisheries harbours.

The IOC management has told Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda that it could supply fuel at a concessionary rate to fishermen if it was permitted to build fuel depots in fisheries harbours.

According to a press release issued by the Fisheries Ministry, the IOC has said so when Minister Devananda asked the Indian government enterprise whether it could supply diesel at a price lower than the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) which now maintains fuel depots in fisheries harbours. The Lanka IOC has offered to supply a litre of diesel at Rs 351.

Minister Devananda has stressed the need to reach a consensus in this regard without causing unnecessary friction with the CPC. (SF)