Jaffna connected to national grid

25 September 2012 05:31 am

Jaffna Peninsula was connected to national grid after twenty five years by President Mahinda Rajapaksa by energizing Kilinochchi grid sub station this morning.

The connection follows a promise Power and Energy minister Patali Champika Ranawaka made to people in Jaffna last year that the connection would be made before the end of 2012. The Kilinochchi Grid Station was built at an estimated cost of Rs.3,200 million.

The LTTE destroyed transmission lines to North in the late 1980s immediately after the arrival of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF).