Power and Energy Ministry to revise employee salaries

Wasantha Ramanayake

COLOMBO: The Power and Energy Ministry will revise salaries of employees of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) for 2006 on priority basis once it received the Committee report on the salary revision, the Ministry official said.

“Once the Minister received the report, the report would be studied and salary revisions would be determined.” He said that the report was expected within this week.

He stated that the salary revisions for the 2003, which was delayed, were paid to the employees in 2005 under the directive of Minister W. D. J. Senevirathne though the CEB was saddled with heavy debts.

He reiterated that the Minister had decided to pay their salary revisions for 2006 even amidst heavy debts of the CEB over 93 billion rupees. The official regarded the statement issued by the CEB Union, Lanka Viduli Sevaka Sangamaya calling for a trade union action was irresponsible demeaning the efforts of the Minister to expedite the process.