UPDATE: The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) says that the duration of the power cut scheduled for tomorrow (18) has been reduced.

It said the power cut declared for tomorrow will be reduced to 3 hours and 20 minutes, as confirmation has been received from the CPC for the supply of furnace oil for power generation. 

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has approved power cuts of more than 04 hours from tomorrow (18) until Wednesday (20), due to unavailability of fuel for thermal power plants.

The PUCSL has approved the request made by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) for power cuts of 04 hours and 20 minutes for Monday (April 18).

Accordingly, the manual load shedding has been scheduled as follows: 

All Areas ABCDEFGHIJKLPQRSTUVW - 3 hours between 9.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. and 1 hour and 20 minutes between 6.00 p.m. and 10.00 p.m. 

Meanwhile the CEB has requested for power cuts of 4 hours and 50 minutes for Tuesday and Wednesday (April 19 & 20).

Accordingly, the power shedding for these dates has been scheduled as follows: 

Areas ABCDEFGHIJKLPQRSTUVW - 3 hours and 20 minutes between 8.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. and 1 hour and 30 minutes between 6.00 p.m. and 10.30 p.m. 

Area CC1 - 3 hours and 30 minutes from 6.00 a.m. to 9.30 a.m.

See full schedule below:

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