National plan to cut down energy waste

Stanley Senaviratne, Kurunegala North group corr.

KURUNEGALA: The Ministry of Power and Energy has planned to introduce a national energy conservation programme in order to prevent around 25 per cent energy waste in the country annually.

Minister of Power and Energy W.D.J. Seneviratne told the media recently that the majority of the people in Sri Lanka were unaware of the energy sources used to generate electricity.

As a result energy wastage had been going on unabated and an appropriate alternative power to generate electricity was necessary.

He said that it was important to utilize modern electrical equipment instead of obsolete ones and added that with the installation of modern electrical equipment the CEB would be capable of streamlining the electricity supply.

Minister Seneviratne also said that refrigerators and electric fans consume more power. The time had come to nationalise electricity consumption and it was a national duty by the people to reduce electricity consumption by 5 percent to face the existing energy crisis.