COLOMBO: Diesel was no longer on sale across Sri Lanka on Thursday , crippling transport as the crisis-hit country's 22 million people endure record-long power blackouts.
Owners of private buses - which account for two-thirds of the country's fleet - said they were already out of oil and that even skeleton services may not be possible after Friday. He said hydro reservoirs, which provide more than a third of electricity demand, were also dangerously low. The shortages have sparked outrage across Sri Lanka, with local television reporting protests across the country as hundreds of motorists block main roads in several towns.
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