The inhabitants of the island of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean are used to hours of electricity. But they may not have experienced anything like that. According to the government, a monkey on Sunday led a condition with fatal consequences.
The animal entered an power plant in the south of the capital Colombo and “came in contact with our network transformer”. An “imbalance in the system” was caused, said Energie Kumara Jayakody Minister.
Hospitals and water suppliers are top priority
According to the information, the malfunction started at 11.30 am (CET) and was still not fully remedied after three hours. Engineers still worked to fully establish the food as quickly as possible, said Jayakody. The focus is on hospitals and water treatment plants.
The people in Sri Lanka are used to feeding failures – in the summer of 2022 they were regularly without electricity as a result of electricity rationing up to 13 hours a day due to an economic crisis.
Source: Krone
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