Public Utilities Commission To Refrain From Approving Power Cuts Until 17th of February

 The Public Utilities Commission has decided not to approve requests made by Ceylon Electricity Board(CEB) to implement Power cuts until 17th of February citing to safeguard the human rights of the students sitting for the G.C.E Advanced level  examination according to the chairman of the Commisson  Janaka Ratnayake

The Chairman had informed the General Manager of the Electricity  Board on this after the General Manager had requested an approval to implement the daily  power cut today (27).

Although the Commission had informed the Ceylon Electeicity Board to refrain from implementing power cuts during the ongoing  Advanced level Examinaton ,Power cuts had been implemented since  the start of the  examination  last  Tuesday.