Sri Lanka is experiencing its worst-ever economic crisis since its independence in 1948.
People are being made to wait in long queues for essential items like food, medicine, cooking gas and other fuel, toilet paper, and even matches, while they have to wait for eternity for things like petrol, diesel, and cooking gas.
Amidst this chaos, former Sri Lanka cricketer Roshan Mahanama, part of the country’s 1996 World Cup-winning team was seen helping out people in long queues with tea and buns at the petrol station around Ward Place and Wijerama Mawatha.
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“We served tea and buns with the team from Community Meal Share this evening for the people at the petrol queues around Ward Place and Wijerama Mawatha. The queues are getting longer by the day and there will be many health risks to people staying in queues.
“Please, look after each other in the fuel queues. Bring adequate fluid and food and if you’re not well please, reach out to the closest person next to you and ask for support or call 1990. We need to look after each other during these difficult times,” Mahanama wrote on Twitter.
Sri Lanka is going through the worst economic crisis since its independence from Britain in 1948. A shortage of foreign cash reserves for essential imports has worsened Sri Lanka’s crisis.