By The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) says that an investigation is to be carried out into the island-wide power failure today to identify the cause or causes for the hours-long outage.
Accordingly, the CEB stated that, depending on the results of the investigation, measures will be taken to prevent such breakdowns in the future.How ever there have been such island wide failures n the past.
The CEB also expressed its regret for the inconvenience caused by the power outage and expressed gratitude to all consumers for their patience and understanding which is a mere statement because the CEB or the Minister has failed to explain what steps will be taken to prevent such situations.
The Chairman of CEB, Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya, further stated that the CEB will present detailed information tomorrow (10) regarding the power outage that occurred across the island today
