Lanka IOC opens sophisticated outlet at Marawila

An all-new innovative fuel-retail outlet equipped with the latest technology, environment-friendly lighting and washrooms with special facilities for physically challenged persons was opened at Marawila, Along the Puttalam Highway, by Lanka IOC PLC. Built at a cost of Rs15 million (US$134,952) in just 45 days, this is the first Lanka IOC fuel outlet in the country to be completely constructed by the company. Its opening brings the number of LIOC outlets in Sri Lanka to 153. “Our first 152 outlets in Sri Lanka were renovations of existing petrol sheds,” Lanka IOC Managing Director K. R. Suresh Kumar said. “The new Marawila outlet will therefore serve as a prototype and a benchmark for a wholly LIOC designed and built modern fuel retail station.” (November 29, 2010)