Sri Lanka Government issued Gazette declaring Power supply, Fuel distribution essential
Sri Lanka Government has issued an extraordinary gazette notification declaring electricity, fuel, health services as essential services.
The gazette notification was issued by the President’s Secretary, E.M.S.B. Ekanayake.
Accordingly, the following services have been declared as essential by order of the President of Sri Lanka:
1. All services connected to the supply of electricity.
2. The supply or distribution of petroleum products and fuel.
3. All service, work or labour, of any description whatsoever, necessary or required to be done in connection with the maintenance, and the reception, care feeding, and treatment, of patients in hospitals, nursing homes, dispensaries, and other similar institutions.

Latest Headlines in Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan President’s Parliamentary pension to be suspended from April 2025 March 24, 2025
- Udaya Gammanpila acquitted in Rs. 21 Million misappropriation case March 24, 2025
- No defect in K-8 Jet involved in Wariyapola crash – Minister March 24, 2025
- Suspects identified in clash involving Yoshitha Rajapaksa at Colombo nightclub March 24, 2025
- Cannabis farm hidden among tomatoes uncovered in Wellawaya March 24, 2025