Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi says that immediate steps will be taken to obtain at least 1000 megawatts of capacity from renewable energy to the national grid within this year to provide an uninterrupted power supply without any crisis.
The Minister said this while inaugurating the construction work of the Cardiology Unit of the Ratnapura Teaching Hospital which is being constructed with a financial allocation of Rs. 1075 million this morning (11).
She said that when she was the Minister of Power and Energy in 2014, the Ceylon Electricity Board was transformed into a Rs. 15 billion profit making institution.
The Minister said that the Government of India had worked with the Government of India to develop the 900 MW Sampur Power Plant and had prepared a tender document but it was not operational and no electricity would be generated to meet the needs of the country except during the rainy season.
