Attributable to delays in winding up the Ceylon Electrical energy Board (CEB), almost 500 of the two,113 workers who’ve utilized for voluntary retirement are going through extreme difficulties, as they’ve been unable to proceed with their plans emigrate abroad.
Though these workers had deliberate to go overseas, the delay within the liquidation course of has prevented them from doing so, leaving them in a troublesome scenario.
The affected CEB workers have knowledgeable the Head of the CEB Transformation Activity Power, Engineer Pubudu Niroshan Hedigalla, of the problems they’re going through.
Commenting on the matter, Engineer Hedigalla stated the issues confronted by these workers are deeply humanitarian in nature. He famous that some workers who had deliberate emigrate with their households are actually in conditions the place solely the husband or spouse has gone overseas with the kids, whereas the opposite partner has been pressured to stay in Sri Lanka.
He additional identified that amongst these workers are people who’re awaiting surgical procedures and are hoping to obtain their compensation funds as quickly as potential with a view to bear the required medical remedy.
The Transformation Activity Power additionally defined that, with a view to formally announce the staff’ retirement and launch the compensation funds resulting from them, the date for the dissolution of the Ceylon Electrical energy Board should be declared. Nonetheless, Engineer Hedigalla said that 5 key circumstances should be fulfilled earlier than this may be completed.
He added that whereas 4 of those 5 necessities have already been accomplished, work on the Nationwide Electrical energy Coverage has but to be finalised. As soon as this remaining job is correctly accomplished, it will likely be potential to announce the related date, he stated additional.
