Monkey chaos in Sri Lanka: Country faces blackouts, scheduled power cuts as monkey disrupts electricity supply
Op IndiaOn Sunday, 9th February, the country of Sri Lanka faced 6 hour-long nationwide power outage after a monkey caused disruption at a Colombo suburb grid station. 🚨Sri Lanka’s Internet Usage Dropped by 51% – Because of a Monkey?🐒⚡ A bizarre nationwide power failure took down half the country's internet yesterday. Island nationwide power outage,” another one said referring to the times of Ramayana when Ravana lost war with the army of monkeys led by Lord Rama. pic.twitter.com/HSpwDGYX51 — DP SATISH February 9, 2025 A monkey causing a nationwide power outage was not on my bingo card 😂🤣 Sri Lanka you've the best news headline trophy for the year already pic.twitter.com/IA6AY5F70S — AAD!3 💟💜 February 10, 2025 The Ceylon Electricity Board eventually put up a notice on its website saying, “We are making every effort to restore the island-wide power failure as soon as possible.
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