Sri Lanka, Feb. 21 -- By Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera

The government had decided to reduce the electricity tariff in a greater margin than proposed in the earlier proposal and that the amended proposal would be submitted to the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) shortly, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said yesterday.

He told parliament that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) had included expenditure in the proposal to complete the maintenance work which was due for the last four years within this financial year.

The Minister said the government instructed the CEB not to include the said expenditure for the current financial year and allocate the funds for the maintenance within the next three years. ...