Power Ministry officials are set to meet President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today to discuss future fuel purchases amidst warnings from the Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union (CEBU) to expect power cuts later in the day.
Spokesman for the Power Ministry Andrew Navamani said that the meeting with the President to see if allocations could be made to provide fuel for six months for power generation.
They are to point out that only about 20 per cent of the fuel is consumed for power generation from the total fuel used in the country.
Meanwhile, the CEBU said that very likely one hour power cuts will be imposed from today in the evening.
The areas have been divided into four groups for the power cuts. For areas classified as Group A the power cuts will be from 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 pm. The groups are as follows; Group B – 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm, Group C 7.30 pm to 8.30pm, and Group D from 8.30 Pm to 9.30 pm.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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