Sri Lanka, Feb. 11 -- A power cut is scheduled across the island for one and a half hours today (11).

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) stated that the outage will occur between 3:30 pm and 10:00 pm under four categories. This decision follows the inoperability of the Norochcholai Power Plant, which supplies 900 megawatts to the national grid.

A nationwide power outage occurred at 11:15 pm on the 9th due to a fault at the Panadura Electricity Substation. Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody attributed the disruption to a monkey hitting a transformer, a claim widely reported by international media.

Following the blackout, all three generators at the Lakvijaya Coal Power Plant in Norochcholai shut down due to protective system activation. As...