Member of Parliament Patali Champika Ranawaka says that a cabinet paper has been presented for one-time coal import until 2025 in a background where there are no dollars to import coal for a few months.
“They say that there is now a technical breakdown in the Norochchole power plant. In fact, one machine of the Norochchole power plant had to be shut down for triennial maintenance. However, if we do not arrange to import 2.5 million tons of coal from the end of September, we will have to face a power cut of 10 hours instead of 3 hours. Also, a cabinet paper has been placed to import coal till 2025. There are no dollars to even import coal for these few months. We have a question on what basis and process to import coal at once until 2025 is done. So if we don’t follow an open procurement process in this regard, we will have to face problems.”
Patali Champika Ranawaka said this while addressing a press conference held yesterday (17).
