The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has disconnected power supply to the historical Dimbulagala Aranya Senasana last evening (28) inconveniencing over 200 resident monks.
Chief Incumbent Ven. Millane Siriyalankara Thera said this was the first time in the history of Aranya Senasana that the electricity had been cut off.
The electricity has been disconnected since the bill had exceeded Rs.500,000.
Ven. Siriyalankara Thera said he would request the Prime Minister as well as the President to pay immediate attention to this matter and take immediate action.
The Thera said that electricity was provided free of charge to the historical Aranya Senasana during the tenure of late President Ranasinghe Premadasa, and since then every government that has come to power has continued to provide electricity.
Since there is a grave threat of wild elephants around this Aranya Senasana, the resident monks’ lives are in danger due to the disconnection of the electricity.
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