Power Minister Lokuge says a timetable for controlled power cuts will be issued (VIDEO)

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In the events that the discussion to obtain fuel from the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) today (18) met a dead end and the fuel oil stocks possessed by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) ran out, any necessity to cut power from tomorrow will be administered via a time table, revealed Power Minister Gamini Lokuge, speaking to media today (18).

Nevertheless, a ship carrying fuel imported by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) is in the Colombo Port and the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has asked for it to be released by this evening, Lokuge revealed.

Will the oil stock be released from the Port, the power can be supplied without any interruption, the Power Minister went on, reiterating the necessity to cut power via a time table, which, according to Lokuge, will be informed to the public in advance.

MIAP

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