The unplanned and short-sighted program of the previous governments has also caused the power outage that occurred yesterday, says Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody. He made this statement while issuing a statement regarding the power outage across the country yesterday.
The full statement is as follows.
“This morning, an imbalance that arose from an emergency situation at the Panadura power substation caused a power outage throughout the country.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the actions of the previous governments, which did not pay enough attention to maintaining the stability of the national power system and acted short-sightedly, and the poor guidance lacking understanding of technology, have led to this situation.
However, the factors that led to this situation will be examined in depth and necessary steps will be taken to prevent such a situation from arising again. “We express our condolences to the people who were inconvenienced by the power outage and thank all those who worked hard and supported us in restoring the power system.”
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