Sri Lanka, July 19 -- The Hatton Railway Station continues to remain in darkness at night due to a lack of fuel for its backup generator, despite repeated requests to the Railway Department, officials said.

Power supply to the station has been disrupted intermittently in recent days due to bad weather and strong winds, according to Station Master Janaka Fernando. Although the station is equipped with a large generator, it cannot be operated due to insufficient fuel.

Fernando said that he has been receiving numerous complaints from passengers who travel by train at night, as the station remains without power during outages.

He further said that the Railway Engineering Division has issued a directive stating that the generator should onl...