President tells CEB:
Cut back on losses
The Ceylon Electricity Board should cut back its losses and become an
institution that will not be a burden to the country.
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President
Mahinda Rajapaksa |
“It should understand the needs of the public and make use of the
skills of local engineers exploiting renewable power sources in the
country for generation of electricity,” President Mahinda Rajapaksa told
senior officials at Temple Trees yesterday. During the next five years
the CEB should be able to become an efficient organization without
corruption.
Plans for improvement to the National Power Grid were also discussed
at the meeting with the President and a State owned company was proposed
to be established to manage the grid, a press release by the
Presidential Media Unit said.
Matters relating to the proposals made by the Power and Energy
Ministry in conservation of electricity and provisions to be made to
give low income communities in saving power during peak hours of
consumption i.e. 6.30 pm to 9 were also discussed.
Deputy Power and Energy Minister Premalal Jayasekara, Secretary to
President Lalith Weeratunga, Power, Energy Ministry Secretary M.M.C.
Ferdinando and CEB Chairman V.D. Amarapala were also present.
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