<p>Colombo: Sri Lanka suffered a power outage when a monkey came in contact with the power grid at a Colombo suburb on Sunday, a power official said.</p><p>The entire grid failed around 11:30 am (local time) and the power was restored after several hours, the official said.</p><p>Some areas were without for more than five hours, the official said.</p><p>“A monkey came into contact with a substation of the power grid at Panadura," Power Minister Kumara Jayakodi told the media.</p>.Opposition MPs protest against arrest of Indian fisherfolk by Sri Lanka.<p>The state power entity restored power at the national hospital and other key installations after an hour of the outage, the minister said.</p><p>The official said people were warned that drinking water supplies could be badly affected. </p>
<p>Colombo: Sri Lanka suffered a power outage when a monkey came in contact with the power grid at a Colombo suburb on Sunday, a power official said.</p><p>The entire grid failed around 11:30 am (local time) and the power was restored after several hours, the official said.</p><p>Some areas were without for more than five hours, the official said.</p><p>“A monkey came into contact with a substation of the power grid at Panadura," Power Minister Kumara Jayakodi told the media.</p>.Opposition MPs protest against arrest of Indian fisherfolk by Sri Lanka.<p>The state power entity restored power at the national hospital and other key installations after an hour of the outage, the minister said.</p><p>The official said people were warned that drinking water supplies could be badly affected. </p>