Life becoming unbearable for Sri Lankans

Police use water cannon to disperse Medical University students during a protest against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 29 2022. Picture: REUTERS/DINUKA LIYANAWATTE

Left with just enough fuel for about a week, the government restricted supplies on Tuesday to essential services, such as trains, buses and the health sector, for two weeks. The South Asian nation’s most serious economic crisis since independence in 1948 comes after Covid-19 battered the tourism-reliant economy and slashed remittances from overseas workers.

“Things have become unbearable for the common man,” said Joseph Stalin, an official of a teachers’ union in the grouping. “We want this government to go home.” Public health inspectors and other health service workers are also on strike on Wednesday and Thursday. Investment firm Asia Securities said the shortages of fuel and other essentials, dwindling reserves, and low fiscal space would remain key concerns for the rest of the year.

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