New guidelines issued on fuel and energy use

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Colombo, March 30 (Daily Mirror) - The Office of the Commissioner General of Essential Services has issued new guidelines on the use of fuel and energy where instructions have been issued to conduct all night functions with the participation of more than 100 people and musical shows without obtaining electricity from the national grid.

According to the guidelines, action must be taken to switch off all air conditioners in all government and statutory institutions at 3 PM.

The private sector has also been requested to follow this practice.

Illuminated advertising boards and screens installed in various locations for commercial promotion must be switched off after 8 PM.

The guidelines also stated that suitable programmes must be implemented by the Local Government authorities to switch off street lights between 6 PM and 10 PM.

The guidelines have been issued to all Ministry Secretaries, all Provincial Chief Secretaries, all District Secretaries and all Heads of Statutory Bodies.

Comments - 9

Bernard Jayatilake Monday, 30 March 2026 06:14 PM

Ban musical show across the country indefinitely as they have become a nuisance to the residents who have to spend sleepless nights until the wee hours of the morning when the musical shows end and it is a violation of human rights.

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Kandaih Balendran Tuesday, 31 March 2026 05:15 PM

Govt should auction all fuel guzzling luxury vehicles as promised.

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Buddy sahodaraya Thursday, 02 April 2026 10:14 AM

GavaPay for Gavayas.

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Mohan Monday, 30 March 2026 08:34 PM

Switch off street lights between 6 pm and 10 pm? What's the point of switching on afterwards?

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Karalasingam Sivalingam Monday, 30 March 2026 09:34 PM

What about colour lights at junctions? 6.00 p.m. to 10..00 p.m. switching off signal lights would facilitate robbers. Not wise move.

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Inshi Monday, 30 March 2026 11:29 PM

Time to make use of solar power, our country has been blessed with. Street lights can all be solar powered.

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Nihal Perera Tuesday, 31 March 2026 01:39 AM

We did experience the same in 70tees and 80tees from the same gang.

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Man Tuesday, 31 March 2026 04:25 AM

It's rather undesirable to switch off street lights until 10!!

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Chrishain Jayalath Monday, 06 April 2026 11:03 PM

The Street lights thingy is fake news.

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