Sri Lanka, Feb. 9 -- The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) says that an investigation is to be carried out into the island-wide power failure today to identify the cause or causes for the hours-long outage.

Accordingly, the CEB stated that, depending on the results of the investigation, measures will be taken to prevent such breakdowns in the future.

The CEB also expressed its regret for the inconvenience caused by the power outage and expressed gratitude to all consumers for their patience and understanding.

The Chairman of CEB, Dr. Tilak Siyambalapitiya, further stated that the CEB will present detailed information tomorrow (10) regarding the power outage that occurred across the island today (09).

Meanwhile, the Secretary of the Minis...