Cabinet Decisions: The Government has decided to grant electricity consumers in isolated areas a 6-month grace period to settle their electricity bills.
However, this relief will only apply to domestic, commercial and industrial electrical consumers in isolated areas for a period of more than 14 days.
In the meantime, the electricity connection of the consumers concerned will not be disconnected, as decided by the Cabinet of Ministers.
The relevant proposal has been submitted to the Ministry of Tourism for approval by the Cabinet.
In addition, the Cabinet also agreed to allow cinemas registered with the National Film Corporation to settle their electricity bills in 12 equal installments from the date of the bill, without interruption of the power supply, from March to December 2020.
In the meantime, guesthouses registered with the Sri Lankan Tourism Development Authority will also be given the opportunity to settle their electricity bills and water bills collected from 1 March 2020 to 28 February 2021 in 12 equal monthly installments. It is also decided that their utility connections will not be disconnected during this period of time.
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