The Ceylon Electricity Board says that 80% of the power outage that affected the island has been restored.
The team said that the power failure in other areas is also being restored.
The power outage occurred around 5 pm today across the island.
The electricity board had said that a fault in the transmission system due to lightning strikes had caused the breakdown.
Accordingly, efforts are being made to restore the electricity supply in parts.
With the power outage across the country, the police headquarters made a special announcement to all the police stations in the island and told them to pay close attention to security.