Mohammed Karim, a 34-year-old wage worker in the Sri Lanka capital, Colombo, has been waiting for a queue outside the gas station for two days in a row. Silent time for one inch ahead in the queue for two days. No action. There is no movement. Just wait. The status of Karim is in contrast to the political situation of the island state: always boiling, flowing and receding with the energy of the protesters who are determined to send the packaging of the Rajapaksa clan.

For Karim, who only wanted to survive, Sri Lanka became more challenging. He still has to wait another or two days to get fuel, the most sought after commodity in Sri Lanka. Each station is preceded by a mile queue that stretches to the distance. Every day, they are getting longer.

We have to travel from distant places to reach the open gasoline beds. So we were placed in this queue until we got their turn. I can’t park here and come back because my house is 10 kilometers away, “said Karim.

Like him, most citizens are very angry. Instead of traveling to work, they spend a minimum of three days to look for gasoline beds before returning to their routine. Lack of fuel, at the same time, is the starting point of chaos and its center. With a little fuel, a number of economic activities have been in vain: the supply of important things is almost inadequate, and the journey has completely stopped. Bringing children to school is a giant assignment that not many parents can face every day. If someone falls ill, the consequences can soon be terrible.

Like the others, Sebastian 17 years old students are also angry. With universities that are closed indefinitely because the teachers cannot travel, sebastian frustration and live at home. When the protesters rose in all directions, he had tried to close himself from a constant upheaval but with limited luck. “Schools and universities in this country are closed until further notice. There isn’t much to do here besides protest, “he said.

The future looks bleak too because online class is new and there is doubt over the exam. “We don’t have a good network for online classes. Students like me have to prepare our advanced level to plan the future and apply for universities as well. But we don’t have a school. Our teacher cannot guide us in this critical phase. Our future is destroyed. Thank you to the ruling government. Although the Covid-19 phase has ended, political chaos destroys our future, “said Sebastian.

The worst nightmare is a medical emergency. Hospital visits for sick people seem to be challenges that cannot be overcome, with long distance trips. For medical practitioners, including surgeons, access to fuel is rated but even later, there is no guarantee they will be able to get to the hospital on a certain day. “My aunt has a chest wound. He must visit the hospital every two days but we don’t get a car to travel. After waiting for four days, he has no choice but to walk and reach the hospital, “said Fazrullah who is 25 years old.