Power cuts of 6 hours and 20 minutes for some areas in Sri Lanka and 5 hours for other areas were approved in two blocks for March 24 Thursday, Public Utilities Commission Chairman Janaka Ratnayake said as a forex crisis creates power shortages in the dry season.
Areas ABCDEFGHIJKL will have power cuts of 3 hours and 20 minutes from 0800am to 0600pm and 1 hour and 40 minutes from 600pm to 1100pm.
Areas PQRSTUVW will have power cuts of 4 hours from 30 minutes from 830am to 0530pm and 1 hour and 50 minutes from 0530pm to 1100pm.