Power outages in Colombo city from July 27 to 31

The Power and Energy Ministry yesterday announced that several parts of the Colombo city will experience intermittent power outages from July 25 to July 31 due to urgent repairs to be carried out in the 132 KW system.

The Ceylon Electricity Board has planned to carry out urgent repairs to the 132KW system to minimize wastage in power transmission and distribution.

Accordingly, power will be interrupted in Colombo 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 areas and in the Colombo city on July 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. due to this upgrade.

In addition intermittent power outages will be experienced in these regions from July 25 to July 31 due to these repairs.