Norachcholai to resume operations on Sunday (2 items)

නොරොච්චෝලේ ඉරිදා සිට යළි සූදානම්

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විදුලි උත්පාදනය ඇණහිට ඇති නොරොච්චෝල විදුලි බලාගාරයේ විදුලි උත්පාදන කටයුතු ලබන ඉරිදා (12 වැනිදා) පමණ වනවිට යථා තත්ත්වයට පත්කළ හැකි බව එම බලාගාර අභ්‍යන්තර ආරංචි මාර්ග පවසයි.

බලාගාරයේ සිදුවූ කාර්මික දොaෂයක්‌ හේතුවෙන් ජනවාරි මස 22 වැනිදා සිට විදුලි උත්පාදනය ඇණහිට තිබෙන අතර මේ නිසා විදුලිබල මණ්‌ඩලයට දිනකට මිලියන 80 ක පමණ පාඩුවක්‌ සිදුවී තිබේ.

නොරොච්චෝල විදුලිබලාගාරයේ ප්‍රධාන ඉංජිනේරු කළමනාකාර සාලිය පණ්‌ඩිතරත්න මහතාගෙන් අප කළ විමසීමේදී ඒ මහතා කියා සිටියේ බලාගාරයේ සිදුවූ දොaෂ හඳුනාගෙන එය යථා තත්ත්වයට පත්කර විදුලිය උත්පාදනය කිරීමේ හැකියාව දක්‌වා මේ වන විට පැමිණ ඇති බවයි.

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N’cholai expected to resume ops on Sunday

By Ifham Nizam

The Norachcholai coal-fired powered plant is scheduled to resume operations, after a lapse of 22 days, on Sunday.

The 22-day shutdown of the plant is said to have cost the debt-ridden Ceylon Electricity Board billions as it had to purchase power from the private sector at a cost of over Rs. 80 million a day to meet the demand.

The Plant’s General Manager, Senior Engineer Saliya Panditharatne told The Island yesterday the repairs were coming to an end but declined to give the exact date for resuming operations.

The seasoned engineer said that they were working day and night since January 21 to put the 300 MW plant back in operation.

According to technicians, the damage to plant was caused by a faulty oil seal in the lubricating pump.

Power and Energy Ministry officials said that repairs to the coal power plant were delayed due to the time needed for the machinery to cool.

The plant broke down on January 21 for the third time in two months.

CEB Acting Chairman, Electrical Engineer, Anura Wijepala earlier this week told The Island that according to his estimate it would take at least 10 more days to repair the plant after the latest breakdown which occurred on Jan. 21.

The CEB Chief also requested the Chinese firm to notify in writing when it would complete repairs.

He said due to such breakdowns, the CEB would now be going for a contractual option with the plant builder to take remedial action.

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