Sri Lanka’s government is telling people not to line up at petrol stations because they have run dry.
The government is struggling to pay for new supplies and other essential goods, and the prime minister is warning the most difficult months are to come.
Credit lines, emergency loans and aid have helped the government limp along, but observers say political instability is stalling efforts to recover from the economic crisis.
Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez reports from Colombo.
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ياعباد الله يامسلمين اتقوالله فينا انظروألينا بعين الرحمه يا ناس يا امة محمد صارت قلوبكم لا ﺭﺣﻤﻪ ﻭﻻ ﺷﻔﻘﻪ ﻭﻻ ﺃﻧﺴﺎﻧﻴﻪ اني ﻛﻢ ﺷﻜﻴﺖ ﻭﻛﻢ ﺑﻜﻴﺖ ﻛﻢ ﻧﺎﺩﻳﺖ ﻭﻛﻢ ﻧﺎﺷﺪﺕ ﻭﻟﻜﻦ ﻻ ﺣﻴﺎﺓ ﻟﻤﻦ ﺗﻨﺎﺩﻱ ﻫﻞ ﻳﺮﺿﻴﻜﻢ ﺃﻥ ﺃﺧﻮﺍﻧﻲ ﻳﺒﻜﻮﻥ ﻭﻳﻤﻮﺗﻮﻥ ﻣﻦ ﺍﻟﺠﻮﻉ ﻭﺃﻧﺘﻢ ﻣﻮﺟﻮﺩﻭﻥ ﻳﻌﻠﻢ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺍﻟﻌﻠﻲ ﺍﻟﻌﻈﻴﻢ ﺃﻧﻨﺎ ﻻ ﻧﻤﻠﻚ ﺣﺘﻰ ﻗﻴﻤﺔ ﻛﻴﻠﻮ ﺩﻗﻴﻖ ﺃﺑﻲ ﻣﺘﻮﻓﻲ ﻭﺃﺧﻮﺍﻧﻲ ﺻﻐﺎﺭ ﻟﻴﺲ ﻟﻨﺎ ﺃﺣﺪ ﺃﻗﺴﻢ ﺑﺎﻟﻠﻪ ﺍﻟﻌﻈﻴﻢ ﺃﻧﻬﻢ ﻧﺎﻣﻮﺍ ﺃﻣﺲ ﺟﻮﻋﺎﻧﻴﻦ ﻭﻫﻢ ﻳﺒﻜﻮﻥ ﻭﺍﻟﺪﻣﻮﻉ ﺟﻔﺖ ﻣﻦ ﺍﻟﺒﻜﺎﺀ ﻳﺎﺃﻫﻞ ﺍﻟﻴﻤﻦ ﻳﺎﺃﻫﻞ ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ ﻫﻞ ﻳﺮﺿﻴﻜﻢ ﺃﻧﻨﺎ ﻣﻦ ﺃﻣﺲ ﻟﺤﺪ ﺍﻵﻥ ﺑﺪﻭﻥ ﺃﻛﻞ ﻳﺎﺃﺧﻮﺓ ﺍﻹﺳﻼﻡ ﻧﺤﻦ ﺃﺳﺮﻩ ﺃﻳﺘﺎﻡ ﻭﻧﺎﺯﺣﻴﻦ ﻭﻣﺸﺮﺩﻳﻦ مستاجرين بيت واليوم صارت علينا متاخرات حق الاجار وما استطعنا ندفع وصاحب البيت يشتي يخرجنا اذا مادفعنا الاجار ﺃﺭﺟﻮﻭﻛﻢ ﺳﺎﻋﺪﻭﻧﺎ ﻭﻓﺮﺣﻮﻧﺎ ﺃﺭﺟﻮﻛﻢ ﺃﻭﻗﻔﻮﺍ ﻣﻌﻨﺎ ﻭﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﺍﻟﻌﻈﻴﻢ ﺃﻧﻨﺎ ﺑﺄﻣﺲ ﺍﻟﺤﺎﺟﻪ ﺃﺳﺄﻟﻜﻢ ﺑﺎﻟﻠﻪ ﻳﺎﺃﻫﻞ ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ ﺍﻟﻲ ﻋﻨﺪﻩ ﺍﻟﻘﺪﺭﻩ ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﺴﺎﻋﺪﺗﻨﺎ لايتاخر علينا لحظه هاذا رقمي واتساب 00967716839601 الذي يقدر يساعدنا يراسلني على الواتساب نرسله الاسم الكامل يحولنا بقدر استطاعته الله يجزيكم خير/
Hyperinflation is time bomb. US & Europe will explode with violence.
CIA?
Thanks China🇨🇳 for no gas, no foods in Sri Lanka.
@Mohammad Abdullah Shah what India did?
Gods will
America’s next
Satan and his puppets agendas are coming to an end! Lord Jesus Christ is coming soon 🙏🏼❤️🕊REPENT, believe in the Gospel, Be Born Again
Sinhala supremacy ,now beggars 🤣🤣
They are not good people
Karma
The Buddhist monks temple should return all cash taken from the people who are struggling
💯✔️
Chi Lanka Karma you will reap what you sow. Tamil genocide 13 years ago today. RIP my Tamils you will never be forgotten.
Like India the country is a complete disaster. They let this happen so they can wear the consequences
China dead trap
I hope Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk will extend help in form of interest free loan to Sri Lankan government to help tide this crisis
You’re kidding right?
Clean their government first. No one will lend them money if corruption is everywhere.
@Kuri0 hahahaa
@Maharlikan
Corruption will still exist as long as it refers to the Dollar & Euro payment system, and the Western World Regulation System
Lollllllllllll
Great opportunity for Tamil fishermen to start fishing in Sri Lankan water.
@Shehan well they did the same in 1971
By fishing in Northern sri lankan Sea you are taking fish belongs to the Sri Lankan tamils; your own race🤭
Majority sinhala people fish in southern sea🙃
@Yasitha Perera well the tamil fishermen will come after the fish in Southern sri lanka after taking the fish in the northern waters.
@Shehan INDIA is actually talking advantage too against Ukraine by buying oil from russia 😂 USA do it all the time
China can easily give bail out money
This Muslim channel is obsessed with Lanka..
hindu channel wion is obsessed with pakistan. so what? chutiya chal nikal
@Maha Mehmood pakistan is a International figure…if USA is no one powerful militarily…then equally Pakistan is no one on terrorism…let us not compare with Srilanka…in fact, WION not focused much on pakistan like USA , China & Russia…for which i protests
*Investing in crypto now should be in every wise individuals list, in some months time you’ll be ecstatic with the decision you made today.*
Through *whats* *app*
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课程十𝟏𝟒𝟎𝟖𝟒𝟕𝟓𝟏𝟓𝟕𝟒中國
beware of such comments on any video guys. THEY ARE SCAMS!
crypto just crashed.. and hard
@Necropolis TC don’t bother trying to reply to these bots. They are trying to pump bitcoin and crypto to hype it up in every youtube video comments.
There are plenty of resources in the world for everyone. Our evil leaders are keeping it all from us citizens.
Hmm, doesn’t look too “difficult” for Ranil
India should learn by looking at Sri Lanka or else India too will be ruined one day.
Pakistan should also be looking at Sri Lanka, not just India
shush
Lol india doesn’t have debt problem or hyperinflation, also India’s forex reserves is currently more than 600B + USD
India will help you
Lol
Timee for them to focus on renewable energy
So…
So..
Sri Lanka was borrowing money from China. Why have they stopped?
Just the start of a worldwide shocker coming to YOUR country soon…. all part of the ‘plan’.
This is what happens when a country becomes China’s Friend. Safer to be an enemy of China than its friend
हिंदुस्तान की मां का भोसड़ा
FIRST NATION TO FREE FROM FOSSIL FUEL AND CHEMICAL FERTILIZER !
congratulation to Sri Lanka
Epic
Are you a jew
They should annex with rich nations to solve problems. Not aids or loans.
How would one go about doing this?
@Capt Ng what do you mean exactly
How sad. I hope there’s some type of welfare system, so that people whose work is disrupted, can at least, have food to eat.
Sinhalese are suffering from killing hundreds of thousands of Tamils during the last days of the Tamil genocide 2009. Karma is very powerful.
Karma is a boomerang. Remember the innocent civilians killed in the name of ‘war against terror’ ?
its all LTTE fault
Tamil eelam will not have this problem if it was around today I guarentee you
The rajapaksa Family of Thieves have made Sri Lanka into a Country of twenty two million Beggars.
Before the rajapaksas flee the country Sri Lankans must turn every one of the
rajapaksas upside down and make them return every single dollar of the billions of dollars the rajapaksas stole from the coffers of Sri Lanka. After that the rajapaksas and their thugs must be jailed for the crimes.
The rajapaksas are living in the lap of luxury with all the millions of dollars they stole from the Sri Lankan people while millions of poor Sri Lankans are suffering in hunger and close to death.
Rajapakshas if they wish can open their purses little and can ease petrol⛽ crisis.
@Suresh Babu me
rajapaksa resigned.
Just like in Laos
The long lines will stop as soon as the politicians join the lines. As of now they are VIP and fuel is free for them so there is no connection to reality…
Thanks to Bill Gates and all the gay governement idiots in control
Sell the Rajapaksa assets and pay for petrol.
Curse of tamil genocide will destroy Srilanka
I know they are poor but maybe solar is a solution. The new goverment should invest in full scale solar power. Talk to the Germans, they will give you everything.
Electric car battery is expensive and hard to maintenance 🥴
I hope things will improve soon
Aye where’s ma horse
Many government prefer their people to be stupid enough to keep on voting them .. as time goes by , this is expected to happen
Are there no private sector operators in Sri Lanka’s fuel industry? I’m confused why the fuel supply would be disrupted because the government has run out of money. A private fuel distributor purchasing it’s own fuel to supply a retail fuel market run by private operators would still function regardless of whether the government had money..
Dont bring your rational ideas and sound economic logic here.
@michael kosempa lmao
Who is gonna pay the private fuel distributor? Sri Lanka is dead broke
@mmxfreak hahahahahahaha
Is that a real question??? Lol
Future india
*Zelensky’s making sure as many people and towns are destroyed as possible while he’s safe at home.. Nobody else provokes Russia by blocking off water to Crimea*
Start using ebike. Chinese-made electric bikes boom in the U.S. amid gas prices hike.
One good thing SriLanka done is set an example to run without petrol which means more green cover ✌️don’t worry SriLanka you are on right path all you need is electric vechles
There electricity is powered by oil if all our futures is 15 hour blackouts and food and medicine shorages il keep my petrol and diesle
@kria s yes but sri lanka along with alot of the world don’t have the money to do that and other parts don’t have enough sun. Also solar panels are over priced and cannot be recycled making them not very green
India ❤️ Russia 🙏
ew disgusting
@Christopher Murillo
America is working on destabalise India in June 2022, like they did same when Indra Gandhi got friendly to Russia in 70’s , they are doing the same now.
America has been developing nukes in Pakistan.
India has military and cultural alliance with Russia since 1940’s, so let’s see how this goes
Srilanka killed millions of Tamils
Time to just sell the Country to China.
Take more loan from..china 👍🏻
Channel is so scared to take name of China as channel itself is under debt of chinese bank 👍🏻
Colombo – canary in the coal mine
Sri Lanka should sell their massive military arsenal and cut 300000 forces to save the country.
Can’t wait till the day when the world runs out of petrol……everyone will be riding bicycles again…lol.
A healthy world!
@Anandhu KB so funny
CORRUPTION will still exist as long as it refers to the Dollar & Euro payment system, and the Western World Regulation System
Resaons for Economic Crisis in Sri Lanka
1.Corrupted politicians
2.Corrupted politicians
3.Corrupted politicians
……..
13 year’s ago they killed hundreds of thousands own citizens then celebrate their civil war celebration.their must cut of military rulings north and east 😡😢
😔😔😔😔😔
To rajapakhsa thieves : detain, Rob, lynch
All,because of modi
Before 13 years this channel show how cruel srilanka military 🪖 atrocities now this channel shows how the srilanka country begging for basic needs because of karma 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
💪😂👌
India as regnal power should help its neighbours..
Nothing to fear to say .. but fear may white van comes .. better to say nothing with hunger in darkness
There is plenty of fuel i6s the country doing what the west done so that they can increase the fuel prices simple maths everywhere this has happened
Good. these muslim hating people were elated with Rajapaksas. Now bear the fruit of your crimes.
Will their gdp per capita fall below India?
Certified car centrism moment 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 car based infrastructure 😂😂😂😂
Go walk
man,i feel sorry for the good people of sri lanka ….. they don’t deserve this one …….