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Aanya Wipulasena

HISTORICAL FACTS: Sri lanka minister asks people not to queue for fuel for two days - Caught on Camera

Autorickshaw drivers queue for fuel in Colombo [Aanya Wipulasena/Al Jazeera]

Colombo, Sri Lanka – M Jiffry, 35, a resident of Borella in Sri Lanka’s main city of Colombo, has been standing in a queue with his motorcycle at a fuel station with hundreds of others for more than a day now.

Jiffry, a father of two and an Uber Eats driver, relies solely on his day’s income.

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