Mr. Janaka Ratnayake, the former chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, said that it has now been proven that the power increase was based on wrong data as he said last February. Sri Lanka Latest News
Issuing an announcement, he pointed out that the Electricity Board has submitted wrong data for increasing the electricity, and it will be confirmed by a formal investigation.
‘When these people decided to increase the electricity bill by 66%, I said to increase the bill by 30%. Today it has been proven. When asked to reduce the electricity bill by 3%, now the board is trying to reduce the electricity bill by 14%,’ he said.
