The Hon. Imran Maharoof
Asked the Minister of Energy to provide area-wise details of power supply disconnections in the Kinniya CEB Consumer Service Centre area from 1 January 2023 to 20 December 2024. He raised concerns about frequent outages affecting residents, students, and online workers, requested reasons and remedial measures, and questioned whether the move to SMS-based electricity bills should be reversed because it inconveniences elderly consumers and those without smartphones.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Energy:
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House— (i) the number of hours for which power supply had been disconnected in the Kinniya CEB Consumer Service Centre area from 01.01.2023 to 20.12.2024, separately for each area; (ii) whether he accepts that the public in these areas, including students studying and workers operating online, were severely inconvenienced due to the above disconnections; (iii) whether he is aware that disconnections occur frequently in this area; (iv) if so, the reasons; and (v) whether remedial measures have been taken?
¶ 03 (b) Will he also inform this House— (i) whether there is a mechanism of issuing monthly electricity bills via SMS instead of printed bills; (ii) whether he accepts that this causes significant inconvenience to the elderly and to those without smartphones; and (iii) if so, whether he will revert to printed bills?
¶ 04 (c) If not, why?
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Cite as: The Hon. Imran Maharoof. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 January 2025. No. 1739261035021938. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/5656