The Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardhana

¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Energy:

¶ 02 (a) Will he state— (i) the number of regional offices of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB); (ii) whether there are adequate employees in those offices; (iii) the number of engineers required for those offices; (iv) whether above number of engineers are available; (v) if not, the number of existing engineer vacancies; (vi) whether new engineers will be recruited; and (vii) if so, the measures taken in that regard?

¶ 03 (b) Will he also state— (i) the sources of electricity generation; (ii) the units currently generated through each such source, separately; (iii) whether the CEB will be privatized; and (iv) if so, the measures to be taken regarding the employees?

¶ 04 (c) Will he further state— (i) the strategic programmes/projects initiated by the companies under the CEB; (ii) the number of employees currently working in each such company, separately; (iii) whether there are excess employees in those companies; (iv) if so, the number of excess employees in each company, separately; and (v) the areas covered by the LECO?

¶ 05 (d) If not, why?