President Ranil Wickremesinghe has issued an Extraordinary Gazette Notification declaring all services connected to the supply of electricity, petroleum, fuel, and health services as essential public services.
Accordingly, the gazette, dated 3rd September, has declared the supply of electricity, the supply or distribution of petroleum products and fuel.
Moreover, President Wickremesinghe has also declared all service, work, or labour done in connection with the maintenance, and the reception, care, feeding, and treatment, of patients in hospitals, nursing homes, dispensaries, and other similar institutions as essential.
