Monkey In Sri Lanka Causes Power Outage!

In Sri Lanka, a single monkey is responsible for the entire nation’s loss of power. The monkey broke into a sub-station on the nation’s electrical grid, where it neutralized the island’s power.
According to Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody, “A monkey has come in contact with our grid transformer, causing an imbalance in the system,”. The blackout occurred on Sunday, February 9, 11:00 am local time, when the monkey intruded upon the power station. 22 million residents were left without power, forced to rely on generator power and thermal power stations rationed electricity. The blackout was said to have lasted 7 hours before power was fully restored. While it is not explicitly stated whether or not the monkey survived, it’s reasonable he was terminated by the transformer. Sri Lanka’s energy security is known to be in a state of weakness, with experts consistently warning that its power grid is outdated and prone to disruptions.

“The national power grid is in such a weakened state that frequent island wide power outages may be expected if there is a disturbance even in one of our lines,” stated an unnamed senior
engineer. This isn’t the first time Sri Lanka has experienced nationwide blackouts either. In the summer of 2022, Sri Lanka residents had to endure months of rolling blackouts when the country was plunged into an economic crisis. Fuel stations ran out of petrol and diesel, forcing thermal power stations to ration electricity to 13 hours each day. If a single monkey truly caused an entire nation to lose power, Sri Lanka might be in more trouble with a monkey population of around 2-3 million. Sri Lanka is already facing issues with these monkeys. With people encroaching more and more onto forested areas, monkeys are raiding nearby villages in search of food resulting in the destruction of crops. Perhaps the only way for Sri Lanka to resolve these issues is with a truce with the monkeys, or they may have bigger issues on their hands.