A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Friday, January 31, 2014
Sri Lanka Blames China For Its Energy Crisis
Power and energy Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi blamed
China for the power shortages and high electricity prices in Sri Lanka
saying the island’s biggest power station built by a Chinese company
has suffered frequent breakdowns, The Business Standard reported today.
Wanniarachchi said problems with the 300-megawatt coal-powered plant,
the largest single electricity generator in the country, was forcing Sri
Lanka’s main state-run energy company to buy more expensive electricity
from private firms.
“The coal power plant is breaking down frequently. We are asking the
Chinese to fix it,” Wanniarachchi told reporters in Colombo. “These
failures are not good for the image of China.”
The Lakvijaya Power Station at Norochcholai was
commissioned in 2011 with the promise of reducing energy costs to Sri
Lankan consumers. The second phase of the project which is due to add
600 MW of electricity is to come into operation soon. The US 1.2 billion
dollar plant which has obtained the nick name of “Always breakdown” was
build with high interest loans from China. The costs for this plant is
paid for by the public of this county at a phenomenal interest of eight
percent per annum.
According to the Central Bank the losses at the The Ceylon Electricity Board is more than Rs 60 billion.
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