New Delhi, 02 April 2022

As per news report of NDTV, The nation of 22 million people is in the grips of its worst downturn since independence, sparked by an acute lack of foreign currency to pay for even the most essential imports. Diesel -- the main fuel for buses and commercial vehicles -- was unavailable at stations across the island, according to officials and media reports -- crippling public transport. Owners of private buses -- which account for two-thirds of the Sri Lanka's fleet -- said they were already out of oil and that even skeleton services might not be possible after today. Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency on Friday, giving sweeping powers to security forces a day after hundreds tried to storm his house in anger over the unprecedented economic crisis.

Source - NDTV

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