COLOMBO, Mar 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s Public Utilities Commission announced that, there will be 10-hour daily power cuts from today.
Sri Lanka has been facing power cuts since Feb, due to dwindling electricity production in hydro power plants, as well as, diesel shortages that have crippled the operations of thermal power plants, the commission said.
The Ceylon Electricity Board said, they were “compelled to take demand management measures, due to inadequate power generation, as a result of fuel shortage and unavailability of generators.”
Meanwhile, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), yesterday announced that, there will be a diesel shortage in the country today and tomorrow.
“We were unable to unload 37,500 tonnes of diesel shipment as planned yesterday. Therefore, we request the public not to queue up at filling stations for diesel today and tomorrow,” CPC Chairman, Sumith Wijesinghe, told the media.
Wijesinghe said, the remaining stocks of diesel would be given to essential services.– NNN-XINHUA
