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Norochcholai running out of coal: 14-hour power cuts feared
By Ifham Nizam
A 14-hour power cut would be inevitable if the Power and Energy Ministry failed to raise Rs. 330 billion for the purchase of annual coal stocks, a top official said.
“Coal stocks are dwindling and purchases have to be made before September, ” he added.Water levels, too, had dropped by 50 percent in the reservoirs, he said.
The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has said coal stocks for the LakVijaya Power Plant Complex cannot be ordered for want of US dollars.
PUCSL Chairman Janaka Ratnayake said that the supply of electricity would become a problem from September 2022 to next April 2023.USD 610 Million is required for purchasing 2.2 million MT of coal.
