Switch off bill-board lighting during drought: MS

President Maithripala Sirisena today requested private business establishments to switch off the lights used for promotion and beautification purposes in a bid to save electricity.

He said it was everyone’s responsibility to conserve electricity ahead of a likely energy crisis resulting from the prolonged drought.

The President said a considerable amount of electricity were wasted to light up bill boards and other decorative units at night and requested them to switch them off till the drought ended.