China donated 10.6 Million Litres of free Diesel to the farmers and fishermen in Sri Lanka

China donated 10.6 Million Litres of free Diesel to the farmers and fishermen in Sri Lanka

China said on Sunday that, in order to facilitate work in the affected sectors of agriculture and fishery, it donated 10.6 million liters of diesel to Sri Lankan farmers and fishermen. Douglas Devananda, Sri Lanka’s Minister of fisheries received the vessel carrying the fuel donation on Sunday.

Chinese Embassy in Colombo wrote, “The 10.6 million liters of diesel donation by China will be provided free of cost to 2,32,749 farmers for harvesting 3,42,266 hectares of paddy fields, 20 liters per hectare. Also, 3,796 fishing vessels below 40 feet would receive 1,000 liters per vessel.

Kanchana Wijesekara, Minister of Power and Energy, said in a statement, “Thankful to the government of China for the donation of 9,000 MT of diesel fuel towards strengthening food security in Sri Lanka”.

Since the government began rationing fuel issues at the beginning of August, farming and fishing sectors have been complaining of fuel scarcity. Earlier, Indian assistance in the forex crisis was worth USD 4 billion.