The Hon. Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy
Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy raised concerns about the high cost of installing street lights through the Ceylon Electricity Board and proposed that trained electricians attached to local authorities be allowed to install them to reduce costs and expand coverage. He noted that promised CEB training for local authority officers, discussed at the Jaffna District Development Committee, had not yet occurred. He also asked the Minister to clarify the status of connections for 40,000 solar panels provided by India for temples, including in Jaffna District.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, local authorities install street lights and pay substantial funds to the CEB. If trained electricians under local authorities install the lights, more lights can be installed at lower cost. This was discussed in the Jaffna District Development Committee about a year ago, and the CEB was to provide training to those officers, but it has not happened yet. Although LED light prices are low, installation costs via the CEB are high. If this programme is simplified and given to local authorities, we can illuminate dark streets.
¶ 02 Further, the Government of India provided 40,000 solar panels for temples, including in Jaffna District, but connections have not yet been provided. Can the Hon. Minister clarify the current status?
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Cite as: The Hon. Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 January 2026. No. 23118. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/4861