German specialists here to probe into transformer explosions
March 21, 2016 01:24 pm
A group of German specialists have arrived in the country today (21) to look into the recent explosions in several transformers belonging to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB).
Sulakshana Jayawardana, Director (Development) at the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy, stated that the specialists from the company that manufactured the transformers have arrived in Sri Lanka this morning.
An explosion had occurred in one of the transformers at the Biayagama substation last Sunday while a similar explosion occurred at the CEB grid substation in Kotugoda on Friday. He stated that the German specialists would visit the two locations and examine the transformers in question.
