Norochchol Lakvijaya power plant is decommissioned...

The Public Utilities Commission stated that due to the sudden collapse of the third section of the Lakvijaya power plant, the daily power cut will have to be extended.

Mr. Janaka Ratnayake said that due to the collapse of the third part of the Lakwijaya power plant, the national system has lost 270 megawatts of electricity capacity.

In view of the current electricity crisis and due to today's electricity consumption, there has been a big impact on electricity generation and it will take a few days to bring the plant back to normal...