Minister of Power Dullas Alahapperuma has requested the deployment of Police Special Task Force (STF) personnel for the security of the Systems Control Center of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB).
Minister Alahapperuma said the STF personnel will be deployed in addition to the officers currently placed on security for the Centre.
A request in this regard has been made from Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Major General Kamal Gunaratne, he said.
The decision comes following the islandwide power outage that was reported for several hours on Monday (17) due to a transmission failure at the Kerawalapitiya sub-station.
During an inspection today, the Minister had further instructed the CEB to take all measures to beef up security at its Systems Control Center. (Newswire)