The Fall of a monkey About an electric transformer He left Sri Lanka without electricity on Sunday For several hours, said the Minister of Energy of the Insular Nation, who added that the problem has already been solved.
“An incident in which A monkey crashed with a transformer caused this breakdown »The Minister of Energy, Kumara Jayakody, told the local media, who added that the accident caused an imbalance in the electrical system that left the entire island without electricity.
A monkey leaves Sri Lanka without light
The minister indicated that the event in which the monkey was involved took place in the Panadura City Electric Stationlocated a few kilometers from Colombo, in the southwest of Sri Lanka.
This installation, however, is an electrical substation, so the authorities are investigating how a problem in their transformer could leave the island without electricity.
Disconnection of solar panels
The beginning of the national blackout was recorded around noon (06:30 GMT) and was solved at 5:30 p.m. (12:00 GMT). To solve it, the minister had asked the owners of solar panels on roofs to disconnect from the main network.
The Electricity cuts became common in the island nation During the worst phase of the economic crisis that still affects the island, and were one of the triggers of mass protests that took the fall of the government of former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022.
Partly attributed to errard fiscal policies and the very high indebtedness, as well as to the fall in foreign exchange income during the coronavirus pandemic, the economic crisis also caused a shortage of fuel and medications.
The economic indicators have improved since then, especially driven by a rescue of 3,000 million dollars that Sri Lanka agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in March 2023, but the situation on the island is still fragile.