Sri Lanka, Feb. 14 -- The Ministry of Power and Energy has announced that steps have been taken to end the daily power cuts imposed to manage the electricity demand following the recent island-wide power outage.

The outage, which occurred on Sunday (Feb 09), triggered the protocol system of the Norochcholai Power Plant, shutting down all three generators and causing a 900-megawatt loss to the national grid.

In response, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) implemented island-wide power cuts, lasting one-and a-half hours on the February 10 and 11 and a one-hour yesterday (12).

However, Energy Minister Eng. Kumara Jayakody stated that the CEB has now successfully reconnected one generator at the Norochcholai Power Plant to the national gri...