Electricity to Southern region :

OVER 99.6 PERCENT OF REQUIREMENT COMPLETE

P. P. G. Sugathadasa Thhihagoda group correspondent

The provision of power to every family in the Southern region who are without electricity, is the cherished goal of the Ceylon Electricity Board, Ceylon Electricity Board Southern Regional Deputy General Manager H. A. G. Pushpakumara said.

Over 99.6 percent of the power requirement of families in the Southern Province have currently been fulfilled by the Ceylon Electricity Board. Construction work on all large scale power projects in the South are complete and construction activities on small scale electricity schemes are speedily being carried out.

They are expected to finish before the end of this year, Pushpakumara said. Plans are afoot to establish electricity sub depots and install transformers to boost the power supply of consumers in the Southern region. All these electricity projects in the region were initiated under the ‘Lighting Sri Lanka’ National Development Programme of the government, Pushpakumara said.