Power outage grows from tip of a tail?
monkey has come in contact with our grid transformer, causing an imbalance in the system,' was the terse message on Monday the Sri Lankan energy minister Kumara Jayakody shared with reporters. This, after a nationwide blackout that started on Sunday morning, with power slowly restored over Monday after jeopardising medical facilities and water purification plants.
But one monkey stopped the whole of Sri Lanka's show? Engineers have been reportedly warning consecutive governments in Colombo 'for years' to upgrade its power grid or face frequent blackouts. Remember, the country faced extensive power cuts during its economic crisis in 2022.
But if the authorities have insisted that it was the doing of a monkey that inflicted the damage after intruding into a power station south of Colombo, that must have been the case. Whoever has ever heard of a government of any country lie, especially about a 'national mishap'?
As Hanuman bhakts, may we suggest that along with upgrading power lines, etc, Colombo conducts a havan dedicated to Pavan putra.
