Electricity (Amendment) Bill Second Reading passed

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Sri Lanka Electricity (Amendment) Bill taken up for the second reading, was passed in Parliament on Thursday (9).

The vote result is as follows :

In Favor: 120

Against: 36

Abstentions: 13

However, on Wednesday (8) the Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union vehemently rejected the proposed amendments to the Sri Lanka Electricity Act.

The CEB Engineers made the following demands:

1. To withdraw proposed amendments to the Sri Lanka Electricity Act No. 20 of 2009 (as amended by the Act No. 31 of 2013), gazetted on April 29, 2022, with immediate effect,

2. To stop handing over of country’s wind & solar resources to Adani Group (paying in dollars) without following the competitive bidding process,

3. To stop driving the CEB to privatization in the guise of reforming,

4. To appoint a suitable professional with unblemished character to the Post of Chairman, CEB without further delay.

Thereafter, the CEBEU decided to call off the strike on Thursday (9) following talks with the President.

But, before this announcement was made many districts in the country were in darkness owing to a power outage.