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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

President Has Appointed A Four Member Committe To Probe On Electricity Crisis

President Maithripala Sirisena has

yesterday (26)appointed a four member Comiittee headed by Minister of Power Ravi Karunanayake to probe on electricity crisis which lead to urgent power cuts in the country.

The Committe is comprising of four parliamentarians.

Meanwhile if the dry weather conditions in hydrocatchment areas in the central hills continues after end of April the present electricity crisis will become worsen according to Ceylon Electricity Board.

Now the daily Electricity demand has been imcreased to 47 Giga watt hours the Board has annoumced.

Minister Karunanayake has said a soultion for the electricity crisis will be provided in parliament on 29 th of March .

Two Day Nurses Sick Note Campaign Proved As A Flop As Majority Of Nurses Reported To.Work Yesterday(26)

As the majority of Government Hospital

Nurses have refused to report sick leave ,The two day Island wide Sick leave campaign launched by Public Services Nurses Union(PSNU) had become a flop yesterday (26).

Majority of nurses in Government Hospitals had reported to work yesterday according to sources.Due to this situation hospital services functioned smoothly without any difficulty it has been reported..

PSNU has laumched this sick note campaign by demanding solutions for eight of their service demands including providing Rs.10,000 Accident allowance to every nurse and increasing nurses uniform allowance .

However Government Nursing Officers Union lead by Saman Ratnapriya which has the membership of majority of nurses in the country has stated 80 percent of Nurses had been reported to work yesterday and only around 20 percent had been reported sick leave .

Earlier the Union has announced it will not participated in the sick note campaign .

However Public Services Nurses Union leader Venerable Muruththettuwe Ananda Thero has announced that the sick note campaign laumched by his union.is very successful.The trade union action will continue today (27)as well he has stressed .

The nursed imvolved in the two day sick note campaign will return to work 7 a.m tomorrow(28) Muruththettuwe Theto.

Meanwhile Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne has said yesterday that the two day sick note campaign of nurses is an unfair one and the Thero who lead the PSNU has acted against the norms and ethics of a Buddhist monk by launching this trade union action.

Artificial Rain Making Pilot Project Has Been Temporarily Suspended

The Artificial rain making pilot project 'Rainfall Mission" launched successfully by Ceylon Electricity Board in hydrocatchment areas in Castlrĺreigh and Maussakale reservours to make artificial rain had been temporarily suspended according to the Electeicity Board.

The pilot project had been suspended due to no clouds and water vapors in the hydrocatchment areas these days.

However the project was successfully implemented in Castlereigh and Maussakale reservoirs during 22nd and 23rd of March with the help of Airforce which make artificial rain .

Due to the dry weather prevailing in Castlereigh and Maussakale Reservoirs water levels of the reservoirs are drying up it has been revealed .

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Navy Recovered 1232.5 Kilo Grammes Of Beedi Leaves Floating In The Sea

Sri Lanka Navy have recovered 35 parcels containing 1232.5 Kilo Grammes of Beedi leaves floating in the sea area in Udappuwa in North this morning (26).

The stock of Beedi leaves thrown in to the sea by someone or a group of persons in view of bringing them to the country illegally Navy authorities believes .

The stock of Beedi leaves had been handed over to Sinnapadu Customs office for further action .