The news of a power outage in Sri Lanka due to a monkey has also become a major headline in foreign news services.
The incident was reported by international news services yesterday after allegations that a monkey was unexpectedly to blame for the nationwide power outage.
The island-wide power outage occurred at around 11:30 am, disrupting the power system.
The Energy Minister confirmed that the incident, which was initially thought to be a technical fault, was actually caused by a monkey.
It took authorities 5 to 6 hours to restore power supply, and power was gradually restored to various areas. This strange nature of the power outage has attracted global attention, and the Sri Lankan monkey has unexpectedly attracted international attention.
