Lighting Jaffna Peninsula

The power supply network to the Jaffna peninsula was completely destroyed by the terrorists, after the commencement of the Indian Army’s ‘Pawan’ offensive, following the signing of the Indo-Lanka Peace Accord in 1987. Since then the North has been disconnected from the national grid. During this time Jaffna peninsula was powered up by means of Agriko and Nothern Power Plants as an isolated network from the national grid. But with the commissioning of Killinochchi grid substation on 25th September 2012 Jaffna peninsula was re-connected to the national grid after a lapse of 25 years. Marking another landmark achievement in stabilizing electricity supply to the Jaffna Pennisula, a 24 MW Heavy Furnace Oil Thermal Power Plant was officially...

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