Industries and businesses in the
country were affected and public had faced enormous difficulties due to a sudden island wide power and water failure occurred this noon (17) .
The island wide power failure which lasts around 07 hours from 12.30 p.m to 7.35 p.m had Occured as a result of a technical fault of the National electricity transmission grid the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has stated.
Natuon wide power failure was soon followed by water supply break
down as there's no electricity to pump water according to National Water supplies and drainage board .
As a result of the long hour power failure signal boards on the roads had stopped working and there's a heavy traffic reported from main roads in the contry due to this.
Minister of Power and Energy Dallas Alahapperuma had announced this evening that the power will be restored in the country within 2 hours, However it takes another additional two hours to restoring the 75 percent of the country's total power supply the Electricity Board has stated.
Meanwhile Power Minister Dallas Alahapperuma has ordered the Secretary on the Ministry of Power to investigate on the sudden power failure .
reported in the island today (17) increasing the total number of Corona positives reported so far here to 2900 according to Epidemeology Unit.
