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Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Saturday, July 29, 2017
‘Politicians never hit by strikes’
by Hiran H.Senewiratne -July 27, 2017, 9:37 pm
Very critical institutions, such as those in the health and petroleum
sectors, must resort to strike action once other settlement mechanisms
are exhausted.. If not the people have to suffer and not the
politicians, Director, Economics, Verite Research Dr. Nishan de Mel told
The Island Financial Review.
He said that all workers of such institutions should strike a balance
between rights and responsibilities. 'This has to be considered by every
worker.'
'This strike has crippled the country's day to day activities but the
most important fact is that the government must also act with a sense of
responsibility when dealing with these sensitive and critical issues,
de Mel said.
The recent petrol strike resulted in a halt in fuel distribution in the
country, sending motorists into a fuelling frenzy, with all fuel
stations within Colombo running dry. To meet the hike in demand for
fuel, the Indian Oil Company (IOC), which caters to 15 percent of the
market in the country doubled its fuel supply from its Trincomalee-based
storage facility. The country's day to day activities came to a stand
still but its economic loss cannot be quantified at the moment, a top
economist said
Media reports said IOC has agreed to build a second refinery with a
capacity of at least 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) in Sri Lanka, while
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015 pledged to establish a
petroleum hub in Trincomalee.The trade unions at the Ceylon Petroleum
Corporation (CPC) said handing over the tanks to Lanka IOC would give it
too much influence over fuel stations.
State Enterprise Minister Kabir Hashim told the media recently the
unions were giving false information, as India and Sri Lanka had agreed
to hand over 10 tanks to the CPC while 74 were expected to be developed
under a joint venture between the CPC and Lanka IOC.A Lanka IOC official
said that due to trade union pressure, the CPC would be allowed to use
10 of the 84 tanks earmarked for the joint venture between the two
companies.