Electricity strike, Sri Lanka may fall into a nationwide blackout from the morning of June 9
The nationwide power outage will complicate the situation in Sri Lanka, in the context that the most severe economic crisis in decades has yet to find a way out.
Sri Lanka may fall into a nationwide power outage from dawn this morning (June 9), as the country’s electricity industry union announced a strike to protest a new government law.
The Sri Lanka Electric Power Union said the strike was indefinite. The nationwide power outage will complicate the situation in this South Asian island nation, in the context that the most severe economic crisis in decades has yet to find a way out.
According to the Sri Lanka Electricity Trade Union, about 900 of the 1,100 engineers of Ceylon Electric Company, a state-owned enterprise and Sri Lanka’s main electricity producer, had registered to not come to work on June 9. People working in power generation, transmission and distribution units will leave work at midnight.
Sri Lanka is experiencing its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948. The country’s 22 million people are struggling with shortages of fuel, food, medicine and essential goods. feebleness.
Power cuts began to happen regularly in this country since the beginning of this year due to a lack of foreign currency to import fuel for electricity production.
The situation has now improved as the coming rainy season helps restore the output of hydropower plants. If the power industry strike is not resolved, it is likely that Sri Lanka will again fall into a prolonged, widespread power cut.
Source: VOV
