A monkey has been blamed for a nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka on Sunday morning.
According to foreign media, the power breakdown in Sri Lanka started around 11:30 and continued for several hours. Meanwhile, the citizens faced severe hardships, hospitals had to shift to generators in emergency.
According to officials, the power breakdown was caused by a fault in the Ceylon Electricity Board's grid station in southern Colombo.
Sri Lankan authorities say that after 3 hours of effort, power supply has been restored in most areas of the country while engineers and other personnel are busy working for complete restoration.
According to a foreign news agency, Sri Lanka's Energy Minister Kumara Jayakode has blamed a monkey for the disruption in electricity supply across the country.
Sri Lanka's energy minister says a monkey has broken into a grid station, causing a breakdown and suspending power supply.
No other details about the monkey were immediately available.
It should be noted that earlier in 2022, during the severe economic crisis, Sri Lanka faced prolonged power breakdown due to oil shortage.
