{"id":4731,"date":"2025-09-22T08:51:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T03:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=4731"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:51:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T03:21:57","slug":"gazette-issued-declaring-services-related-electricity-supply-as-essential-public-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceylontribune.com\/?p=4731","title":{"rendered":"Gazette issued declaring services related electricity supply as essential public services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Extraordinary Gazette notification has been issued by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, declaring all services connected to the supply of electricity as essential public services.<\/p>\n<p>Exercising the powers vested in him under Section 2 of the Essential Public Services Act, No. 61 of 1979, the President has taken steps to designate electricity-related services as essential to the life of the community.<\/p>\n<p>The order, issued yesterday (21), states that services provided by any Public Corporation, Government Department, Local Authority, or Co-operative Society engaged in the supply of electricity are likely to be impeded or interrupted, thereby necessitating the declaration.<\/p>\n<p>With this declaration, all services related to electricity supply will now be treated as essential public services with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>The gazette notification was issued by Secretary to the President, Dr. N. 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