CEBEU claims more than 150 engineers have left during last two years

More than 150 engineers have left the Ceylon Electricity Board in the past two years, CEB Engineers Union (CEBEU) Dhanushka Parakramasinghe told the media in Colombo yesterday (15).

He said 159 engineers have left for employment in other countries.

Parakramasinghe said it would be difficult to maintain services if experienced engineers continued to leave.The economic difficulties and high taxes are the main reason why engineers are leaving, he said.

Meanwhile, in an interview with The Island former Assistant Secretary of the Association of Public Service Engineers (APSE), Damith Dissanayake, reported a staggering 300 percent increase in the brain drain among engineers, compared to 2019.

He revealed that in 2023 alone, more than 5,000 engineers overall have left Sri Lanka. (RK)