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PCoI - CEB mismanagement causes Rs.100 Bn loss: Patali

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The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has incurred a Rs.100 billion loss because of the failure to manage and distribute its services efficiently, Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka yesterday told the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (PCoI) as they continue investigating corruption in the government.

He said fraud had occurred when re-activating the private power stations and by signing agreements with private power producers. “Excess power was only needed for a temporary period,” the minister said and added that the CEB had incurred losses for purchasing illegal hydro-power units after 2015 and due to these emergency solutions, the CEB services had worsened in the past few years.

He said the CEB had recently requested Rs.50 billion from the treasury to offset its losses and maintain services. When the PCoI asked the minister how this could be solved, the minister said Sri Lanka had resources to overcome this matter. “The best solution for emergency power failure is to hire electricity from stand-alone power stations which function in institutions and factories countrywide,” the minister said.

He said during his tenure and those of some of the previous ministers, surplus power generated by stand-alone power stations had been used and they had sufficient amount of power to cover an emergency situation. (Yoshitha Perera)


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  • ANTON Saturday, 08 June 2019 12:35 PM

    COMMENTS OVER THIS NEWS IS ........ " KUSAL MENDIS"

    Yoosuf Saturday, 08 June 2019 02:05 PM

    I go and check every house how they build and how they use, as far as many using illegal electricity for granted, some engineers are helping for it as well

    Gihan Saturday, 08 June 2019 02:09 PM

    How else would Ravi earn some cash when there's so much rain and no power shortage?

    Sambo Saturday, 08 June 2019 07:46 PM

    Please can you tell where there is no corruption in this country today. All those who claim to be politicians are corrupted to their teeth.


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