MR says electricity subsidies may come next Jan

22 April 2013 08:26 am

President Mahinda Rajapaksa said today a subsidy on electricity billsmight be introducing by reducing the fuel surcharge after the new Thermal Power plants are commissioned in Jan next year.

He told heads of media organisations that the construction work on the Sampur Coal Power Plant with a capacity of 500 MW was scheduled to begin by July this year.