It is reported that the Kandy District Secretary Mr. Chandana Tennakoon stated that the government has decided to bear the entire cost of the electricity board for the provision of electricity for the Esala Perahera festival in Kandy.
In relation to the 10 days of visiting the Perahera Road, the Electricity Board has submitted an estimated electricity bill for the Sri Dalada Palace and the Satara Maha Devala, and the Satara Maha Devala Basnayaka Nilames mentioned that it is not possible to pay it. has been announced.
According to reports, the amount estimated by the Electricity Board for providing electricity for the Perahera festival is one crore thirty two hundred ninety nine thousand rupees.
Hemantha Bandara, President of Basnayake Nilames Association of Patthini Temple, Kandy, said that the temples did not receive such an estimate before, and the estimate presented by the Electricity Board was reduced to 71 lakh rupees after discussion, and the government will bear that amount. It has been mentioned.