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General17 August 2020

All island power cut - to be restored within two hours

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UPDATE: Steps being taken to restore the technical fault in power supply at the Power station. Power supply will be restored within 2 hours - Minister of Power Dullas Alahapperuma

Sri Lanka is currently experiencing an islandwide power failure due to a transmission failure. The CEB is trying to restore power.

Power and Energy Ministry spokesman Sulakshana Jayawardena said that steps will be taken to restore it as soon as possible.




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