Sri Lanka announces a curfew A mob gathers outside the leader’s house. The government cuts the power for 13 hours a day.
April 1 BBC Report on the progress of the suspension of electricity from 10 hours per day to 13 hours per day in Sri Lanka. Police arrested 45 protesters as people protested outside the presidential palace in Colombo. On the evening of Thursday, March 23
EPA
The protest was peaceful before it turned violent after police fired tear gas. high pressure water gun and beat the protesters which threw stones at police officers in retaliation Then try to break through the barricades outside the Presidential Palace and set the bus on fire. The authorities had to declare a curfew to control the situation.
EPA
The report states that Sri Lankans are furious after the fire was cut. There was a shortage of essential food items and medicines, but dissatisfaction grew after Sri Lankan President Kotphaya Rajapaksa. and the Cabinet is exempt from cutting the power while Mr Rajapaksa blamed the protesters’ actions as extremist behavior.
REUTERS
Sri Lanka has a shortage of fuel. This is because there are not enough dollars to buy it to import diesel fuel to fuel vehicles or even generate electricity. This made the Sri Lanka Electricity Board to cut the power for a longer period of time. And it is expected that electricity will be cut to 16 hours per day in the next few days.
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