The Hon. Kumara Jayakody
Responsibility for street lamp installation and maintenance lies with local authorities, while the CEB and Ministry only provide electricity connections. Kumara Jayakody noted concerns about unnecessary installations, neglected areas, favoritism, and unpaid electricity bills, including by high-revenue authorities such as the Colombo Municipal Council. He said the Government is considering a comprehensive approach for responsible installation, maintenance, and financing, with efforts to resolve outstanding issues by next year.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 You raise an important issue. While the CEB and the Ministry face many problems regarding street lamps, responsibility for installing and maintaining them lies with local authorities. We only supply and connect electricity.
¶ 02 There are cases of unnecessary installations while necessary locations are neglected, often due to favoritism. The Energy Ministry cannot impose rules on local authorities, but the Government is considering a comprehensive approach to ensure responsible installation and maintenance and to plan how to fund the electricity costs, recognizing low-revenue authorities. Even high-revenue bodies like the Colombo Municipal Council have not paid. We are engaging them, and I believe we can settle this by next year.
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Cite as: The Hon. Kumara Jayakody. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 12 November 2025. No. 23378. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17252