A Gazette notification has been issued declaring electricity and petroleum services as essential services in Sri Lanka.
The Gazette has been issued by President Ranil Wickremesinghe dated December 18, 2023.
“The services provided by any Public Corporation or Government Department or Local Authority or Co-operative Society or any branch thereof being a Department or Corporation or Local Authority or Co-operative Society, which is engaged in the provision of the services connected to the supply of electricity and the supply or distribution of petroleum products and fuel is essential to the life of the community and is likely to be impeded or interrupted, declare the services specified to be an Essential Public Service,” the Gazette states.
Gazette : http://documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2023/12/2363-02_E.pdf (NewsWire)