CEB restructuring plans to be submitted to Parliament in Nov : Minister

The proposal to Restructure the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is to be submitted to Parliament next month after a study of the report submitted by an eight  member committee,  Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara said.

Minister Wijesekara said that the report by the Committee which was appointed in August has been received and is currently under study.

The report has been taken up of discussion with former Power and Energy Ministers and political party representatives in September.

The eight member committee which studied the restructuring process were : Dr RHS Samaratunge - Former Secratary, Finance Ministry, MMC Ferdinando - Former Secratary, Ministry of Power & Energy, Dr Susantha Perera, Former AGM,  Ceylon Electricity Board,  Thilan Wijesinghe - Former Chairman, Board Of Investment, Saliya Wickramasuriya - Chairman, Petroleum Development Authority & Director General, Port City Economic Commision, President’s Counsel Nihal Jayawardhane - Former Legal Consultant to the Public Enterprise Reforms Commission, Attorney at Law Harsha Fernando - Former Senior State Counsel at the AGs department and Chandana Wijesinghe - Director, Ministry of Power & Energy.

Meanwhile Trade Unions have already started opposing the restructuring programme of the CEB