The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka has approved the request made by the Ceylon Electricity Board for rotational load shedding today, due to the shortage of fuel supplies. Commission Chairman Janaka Ratnayake said that power cuts of 04 hours and 40 minutes will be imposed in the areas mentioned under groups A, B and C in the power interruption schedule.
Meanwhile power cuts of 04 hours and 30 minutes will be imposed in the other areas, he said. The Commission chairman said that the power cuts of 4 hours and 40 minutes will be imposed between 8.30 a.m. and 10.30 p.m. in groups A, B and C while it will be divided as 02 hours in the morning and 02 hours 40 minutes in the night.
Meanwhile in the other groups, the power cuts of 04 hours and 30 minutes will be imposed between 8.30 a.m. and 9.30 p.m. while it will be split as 02 hours in the morning and 02 and a half hours in the night.