Sri Lankan government blames monkey for nationwide power cut Sri Lanka was plunged into darkness on Sunday after a nationwide power cut that the Government blamed on a monkey.
An anonymous engineer told the newspaper: “The national power grid is in such a weakened state that frequent islandwide power outages maybe expected if there is a disturbance even in one of our lines.”.
Sri Lanka experienced power cuts during a severe economic crisis in 2022, when the island nation was forced to seek assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after struggling to pay for fuel shipments.
Energy minister Kumara Jayakody said a group of monkeys had entered the Panadura Power Station south of the capital Colombo.
One of the monkeys landed on a transmission line, causing a power cut, he said.
