Norochcholai unit to be shut down for maintenance

But Minister assures no power cuts

Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekara says the Norochcholai Power Plant’s Unit 3 will be shut down for 100 days, from 13 June, for scheduled maintenance.

Accordingly, power generation will be managed without any power cuts through other thermal power plants, the Minister has assured.

Taking to Twitter, Minister Wijesekara said that the stock of coal needed by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) for the current season was being taken delivery of, and 30th shipload of coal was now being unloaded at Norochcholai .