Engineers of Sri Lanka CEB raise concerns over reform implementation

ECONOMYNEXT – The Ceylon Electricity Board Engineers Union has written to the parliament’s sectoral oversight committee raising concerns on the way electricity reforms are being carried out. “The reform program is proceeding in a fragmented and ad-hoc manner, without an approved and transparent strategic roadmap,” the letter said. Fundamental decisions affecting national energy security, public finance, and institutional restructuring are being taken without due technical consultation or feasibility validation. The Union raised concerns over employee assignation, irregular extensions given to some workers and claimed that independence of newly set up unbundled companies were compromised by a committee. The full statement…

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