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CEB unions escalate protest, disrupts traffic

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September 19, 2025

HEAVY traffic congestion was reported along Sir Chittampalam A. Gardiner Mawatha in Colombo yesterday, after Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) workers staged a demonstration opposite the CEB headquarters.

The protest, which blocked one lane between the Lake House roundabout and Slave Island, disrupted evening traffic and forced police to advise motorists to take alternate routes.

The demonstration was part of an escalating trade union campaign against the Government’s plan to restructure the CEB into four entities.

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