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Norochcholai plant broken down on 271 days
Jan 23, 201405:13 PM
The Norochcholai Coal Power Plant has so far failed to generate power on a total of 271 days, due to various mechanical failures, since it was commissioned in 2011, the Minister of Power and Energy Pavithra Wanniarachch said today.
The Norochcholai power plant had commenced generating power on February 13, 2011.
It has been 1,086 days since the power plant was commissioned and on 271 of those days the plant failed to generate electricity, she said, responding to a question by JVP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Parliament.
