Plans are ahead to reduce power shedding in tourist hotspots and provide diesel through SLTB depots to tourist hotels operating on generators, Tourism Minister Prasanna Ranatunga said.
He said a meeting on this was held today with senior officials representing Tourism and Energy Ministries, heads of CEB, CPC, Tourism Authority, Police attending the meeting.
The Minister said the Ceylon Electricity Board will look into the possibility of preventing power cuts in tourist areas, similar to the present industrial zone exemption.
Minister Ranatunge said tourist hotels and boutiques registered with the SLTDA will be prioritised when issuing gas cylinders.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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.
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