Sri Lanka, Feb. 24 -- Colombo, Feb. 24 ()- More than one million power disconnections have been imposed within the past year throughout the country, a parliamentary committee has revealed.

It was revealed when the Sectoral Oversight Committee on Alleviating the Impact of the Economic Crisis chaired by MP Gamini Waleboda met in the parliament complex on Thursday.

Chairman Waleboda said it was revealed that some 10,69,000 power disconnections were reported last year.

He said the Committee instructed the respective officials to provide some relief to the consumers whose connections were disconnected, which included cutting down the re-connection fee by 50 per cent and to allow the outstanding bill to be paid in instalments.

He said inst...