Due to the major power plant failure, on Monday, full Sri Lanka for 6 hours was dipped in dark without no electricity even in major government buildings. In many parts of the country including Colombo and Kurubala, the power supply was restored after six hours.
Due to the major energy plant failure, on Monday, complete Sri Lanka was immersed in the dark. Due to this, the services and business hours are interrupted throughout the country.
Energy Minister Dallas Alohaphera visited the Cellon Electricity Board Head Office In many parts of the country, including Colombo and Kurubanel, the supply of power was restored after six hours. However, there is still no electricity in many parts. Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said that the electricity was disrupted due to transmission failure at the Karalpitia Grid sub-station. After the power is closed Street lights in Colombo and the roads were dark. After the traffic signal is closed, there was a heavy jam on several roads. Energy Minister Dallas Alohaphera visited the Cellon Electricity Board Head Office. Talking to the media, the minister said that all the engineers and senior officials are working to improve the situation and they have expressed confidence that the problem will soon be overcome.
The Colombo page has given information.
During this time he said that the Secretary of the Ministry has been instructed to appoint a committee to investigate the matter. Let us tell that there was such a problem in March 2016. During this time, power supply was stalled for eight hours. According to the news agency , the President Vijita Herath said that in the process of restoring power supply, all hydro power plants will be activated first and then added other power plants to their transmission center.
CEB expressed regret for the inconvenience to the public due to the power supply. The official said that there is a reasonable investigation to ensure that there is no such thing.
