The Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana
Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana raised concerns about a near 24-hour national power blackout and questioned the official explanation, noting a committee had reportedly attributed it to irregularities in the frequency control system of the Victoria generator rather than an animal-related incident. He asked the Minister to state the committee’s recommendations and whether they had been implemented.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, electricity and energy are vital to national life. This year we had a near 24-hour blackout. Minister, you told the media it was due to a squirrel or monkey. Then a committee was appointed, which stated the blackout was due to irregularities in the control system of the frequency-controlling Victoria generator. What were the recommendations, and have you implemented them? Or was it in fact due to a squirrel or monkey?
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Cite as: The Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 August 2025. No. 1755159820030645. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17071