මේක බලන්න මයේ අම්ම
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunnakam_Power_Station
Early history
In 1947 the Department of Industries in Ceylon agreed to meet the electricity demand of the
Jaffna peninsula, which at that time stood at only 370 kW, from the power station at Kankesanthurai cement factory.
[2] From 1950 the peninsula was supplied by an isolated Medium Voltage (MV)
power transmission network operated by the Department of Government Electrical Undertakings.
[3][4][5] At the time
Jaffna was the only major town on the peninsula with electricity supply.
[2] Demand for electricity in the peninsula grew as other towns were connected to the electricity network and with increasing demand from industries, such as Kankesanthurai cement factory, and from agriculture.
[2][3][6] By the mid 1950s demand on the peninsula stood at 1,500 kW and was expected to increase to 2,000 kW.
[2] Jaffna peninsula was not connected to the national grid and as such could not benefit from Ceylon's growing hydroelectric generation.