sri lanka rations power after worst blackout in 20 years
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

Sri Lanka rations power after worst blackout in 20 years

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today Sri Lanka rations power after worst blackout in 20 years

Sri Lankan students work in classes lit by candles after a power cut in Biyagama
Colombo - Arab Today

Sri Lanka announced lengthy daily power cuts nationwide as the state-run electricity monopoly struggled to restore supply after the island’s worst blackout in 20 years.
The Ceylon Electricity Board said its main Chinese-built coal-fired power plant that supplied more than half the country’s electricity was still offline following a massive system breakdown on Sunday.
“We will need a few days more to get this power station online and this means we need to ration electricity across the country on a staggered basis,” a board official said.
Several small plants are now supplying power to the whole of the country until the 900-megawatt plant is restarted, but cannot produce enough electricity to go around.
The cuts will occur for seven and a half hours — five and a half hours during the day and two hours at night — the official said, without saying how long the rationing would last.
Authorities are probing the cause of an explosion and fire at a main distribution center outside the capital Colombo on Sunday that caused the entire electricity grid to switch off automatically.
Power and Energy Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya has said authorities have not ruled out sabotage.
The country, which suffers sporadic power cuts, was plunged into darkness for at least seven hours on Sunday before electricity was restored.
The former government’s power minister criticized the Chinese-built plant in 2014, saying it had broken down more than 35 times in the first three years of operation.
Sunday’s was the second major power failure in less than a month, following a three-hour disruption in late February, and the worst since May 1996 when the entire country was without electricity for four days.
The latest outage came as an investigation was under way into last month’s embarrassing disruption during a visit by New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, who had described Sri Lanka as a shining light in Asia.
Source: Arab News

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

sri lanka rations power after worst blackout in 20 years sri lanka rations power after worst blackout in 20 years

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

sri lanka rations power after worst blackout in 20 years sri lanka rations power after worst blackout in 20 years

 



GMT 19:07 2017 Wednesday ,13 September

Kuwaiti oil barrel down 82 cents to US$50.56

GMT 03:02 2017 Saturday ,11 November

Drahi retakes the reins at Altice as share price tumbles

GMT 19:46 2016 Friday ,07 October

Football: Saudis deny Australia with late equalizer

GMT 22:01 2017 Thursday ,20 April

52 ships transit Suez Canal

GMT 04:28 2016 Monday ,14 November

Fujairah seeks partnerships with all investors

GMT 15:32 2017 Saturday ,25 February

Steinmeier elected German president

GMT 09:25 2017 Sunday ,24 December

HRH Premier Prince Khalifa bin Salman leaves Thailand

GMT 13:39 2017 Sunday ,17 December

Britain must obey EU environment rules
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday