President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has issued an Extraordinary Gazette notification declaring all services connected to the supply of electricity as essential public services.
The order, issued yesterday (21) under Section 2 of the Essential Public Services Act, No. 61 of 1979, was published by Secretary to the President Dr. N. S. Kumanayake on behalf of the President.
The Gazette notes that services provided by any Public Corporation, Government Department, Local Authority, or Co-operative Society engaged in the supply of electricity are at risk of being impeded or interrupted, thereby requiring the declaration.
With this decision, all electricity-related services will henceforth be treated as essential to the life of the community, effective immediately.
