Cabinet has today (09) approved the proposal submitted by Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekare to increase the Electricity Bill again ,But not yet decided the date which the increased Electricity bill will be implemented .
Cabinet has also approved a proposal made through the Cabinet paper to introduce a price formula to the Electricity Bill .The approved Cabinet paper is scheduled to be produced before the Public utilities commission for approval.
The two carriages of the Colombo Fort-Kandy bound Intercity Train had derailed yesterday (07) when it entered the Kandy Train dockyard after it's daily travel schedule.
Accordingly the derailed Carriages had collided with another Carriage parked at the dockyard and that Carriage too got damaged as a result of the collision .
After Government has announced it's decision to importing eggs from other countries ,The All Ceylon Egg Producers Association has decided to distribute Eggs to all Economic Centers in the Island for Rs.53 per an egg the Association has announced ,
The Association has also stated that it will bring around 800,000 Eggs to Colombo today (08) and will supply eggs free of charge to the Lady Ridgway Hospital in Colombo which faced severe egg shortage at present As there's an egg shortage in many areas of the country the price of an egg had now priced as Rs.65 .
The General Secretary of the Jathika Hela Urumaya(JHU) Party MP Venerable Omalpe Sobitha Thero had requested the General Public to switch off all the lights in their houses for a period of 30 minutes from 6.30 p.m to 7 p.m today (08) in protest of the government's decision to increase Electricity bills .
The Venerable Omalpe thero had urged the public to launch an Island Wide silent protest campaign on switching off the lights during above period against increasing Electricity bills .
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