நுரைச்சோலை செயலிழந்ததால் மீண்டும் மின்வெட்டு

Lankadeepa reports that National System Operator chief executive Buddhika Samarasekara attributed the islandwide power outage on October 17 to Unit 1’s output at the Norochcholai plant dropping rapidly from 187 megawatts to below five. Rupavahini News says the Lakvijaya coal plant disconnected from the grid under its safety procedures after an imbalance in the electricity system that morning.

Rupavahini News reports that Energy Minister Anura Karunathilaka visited the Lakvijaya plant on October 21, spoke with officials and engineering and technical staff about steps taken, and instructed them to accelerate efforts to reactivate the generating units.

The National System Operator expects a unit to return to the grid, but the reported timing varies: Rupavahini News and Ada Derana’s Sinhala report say the plant could reconnect from today, while Daily Mirror and Ada Derana’s English report say generation is expected to resume by tomorrow. Hiru News reports that the second unit is expected to rejoin today; Hiru News (සිංහල) says one inactive unit may join tomorrow.

Daily Mirror reports that Cabinet Spokesperson Nalinda Jayatissa said the government rejected opposition allegations that substandard coal caused the technical failure. Newswire also reports that the government rejected claims linking coal quality to the nationwide outage. Newswire says Unit 1 remained offline after a technical failure, but its report text does not provide further detail.

Written automatically by AI from the outlets’ own reports, and not reviewed by an editor. It can be wrong — the original report is the authority.