16 March 2020 08:21 pm Views - 1038
The Electricity supply to several areas of the country has been disrupted this evening due to lightning strike, Director of Development at the Ministry of Power and Energy Sulakshana Jayawardena told Daily Mirror.
He said a power line from Polpitiya to the Kolonnawa power grid was disrupted due to lightning strike.
Accordingly, the power supply has been disrupted in Galle, Matara, Hambantota, Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya, Kurunegala, Ukuwela and several other sub-grid stations. (Chaturanga Samarawickrama)