🇱🇰 Imagine spending hours each day waiting in line for fuel, food, or hope – this is now reality for many in Sri Lanka. As the island nation navigates its worst economic crisis in decades, families are rewriting their daily routines around endless queues and shortages.
Take Dharshini and Srinivasan, a Colombo-based couple fighting to keep their household afloat. Dharshini, a seamstress, told CGTN her clients vanished as economic chaos escalated: \"No one buys clothes when they’re struggling to buy bread.\" Her husband’s tuk-tuk (those iconic three-wheeled taxis 🛺) sits idle most days due to soaring gas prices – when fuel is even available.
🔍 The numbers tell a harsh story:
7+ hour waits for subsidized fuel
Inflation hitting 54% in June 2022
Medicine shortages affecting 85% of households
\"We’ve become experts at waiting,\" Dharshini says, describing how her family now coordinates shifts to hold spots in different lines simultaneously. The crisis has turned basic tasks into military-style operations – complete with sunrise alarms and rationing strategies.
While Sri Lanka works on debt restructuring deals, the human cost keeps mounting. For young professionals and students following global economies, this crisis offers sobering lessons about financial stability and social resilience. 💡 Will international aid arrive fast enough? And what comes after 'bankruptcy' for a nation? Stay tuned as we continue tracking this developing story.
