Once again the news of deepening electricity crisis in Sri Lanka has come to light.
There are reports of power outages in almost the entire country. Media reports said that due to the system failure, almost all of Sri Lanka has lost power.
A government official gave this information. He said that power cuts are taking place across the country. According to news agency Reuters, CEB spokesperson Noel Priyantha said that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), which has a monopoly on electricity in the country, is working to restore electricity.
Meanwhile, the CEB said the power cut was caused by a main line break and steps were being taken to restore power supply as soon as possible.
In 2022, Sri Lankans faced 10-hour power cuts amid a deepening economic crisis. This threw the markets into disarray.
Then, the power regulator had urged more than one million government employees to work from home to save fuel.
In fact Sri Lanka was unable to pay for the fuel shipments due to lack of foreign exchange. This also led to a huge power crisis.
Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka, Janaka Ratnayake had then said, “We requested the government to allow the public sector, which has approximately 1.3 million employees, to work from home for the next two days so that we can ensure the availability of fuel and electricity. Can manage the shortage better.
The power cut was extended to 13 hours. At that time Sri Lanka was facing its worst economic crisis in decades. Foreign exchange reserves had fallen by 70%.
Sri Lanka then had to struggle to import even essential commodities including food and fuel.