Sri Lanka Power Outage: Monkey Mishap Causes Blackout

The recent Sri Lanka power outage has highlighted the vulnerabilities of the nation’s electricity grid, which faced a significant disruption due to an unusual incident involving a monkey.This unexpected event occurred at a power station just south of Colombo, where a monkey’s contact with a grid transformer led to an imbalance in the power system, as explained by Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody.