May 23, Colombo (LNW): The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has reported over 36,900 power breakdowns affecting more than 300,000 consumers over the past three days due to inclement weather.
Additional service staff have been deployed to address the breakdowns, Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara
In a post on ‘X’, the Minister confirmed that the CEB management and service staff are working around the clock to restore power to the affected consumers.
Minister Wijesekara also advised consumers who are unable to report power interruptions via the CEB hotline 1987 to use the SMS option by texting ‘breakdown’ followed by the electricity consumer number to 1987.
Alternatively, consumers can report issues through the CEB Care app or by visiting http://cebcare.ceb.lk.
