COLOMBO (News 1st); The Ceylon Electricity Board announced that NO power cuts will be imposed on the 13th and 14th of April 2022, the two days of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year.

General Manager of the CEB Dr. Rohantha Abeysekera told News 1st that after the April holidays power outages will be limited to a few hours per day.

He said the CEB is planning on implementing these outages in a manner that does not disrupt the festivities and other public events.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka has approved power cuts that would last for 2 hours on Saturday (09) and 1 hour on Sunday (10).

April 9th (Saturday)

Areas ABCDEFGHIJKL – 2 hours from 3pm to 9pm.

Areas PQRSTUVW – 2 hours from 3pm to 10pm.

Area CC1 – 3 hours and 30minutes from 6.00am to 9.30am.

10th April (Sunday)

Areas ABCDEFGHIJKLPQRSTUVW – 1 hour from 6pm to 10pm.

Area CC1 – 3 hours and 30minutes from 6.00am to 9.30am

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