Sri Lanka suffers nationwide electricity blackout

Sri Lanka experienced a nationwide electricity blackout on Saturday, October 17, resulting in a total loss of grid power for more than two hours. The disruption occurred after the national grid tripped, leaving the country without a clear timeline for restoration during the initial stages of the outage.

Engineers from the state-run Electricity Distribution Lanka (EDL) were deployed to address the fault. Preliminary assessments suggest that an excess of solar power entering the grid may have triggered the system-wide breakdown.