A complete power outage in Mahmoudiya, and the people are appealing
Baghdad – Ibtihal Al-Arabi
The people of Al-Mahmudiya district of Baghdad governorate appealed to the Ministry of Electricity to re-equip their homes with energy after it was cut off since dawn yesterday without knowing the reasons. And they told (Al-Zaman) yesterday that (the electricity has been cut off from our homes in the areas of Mahmoudiya since dawn yesterday, when we went to the District Electricity Directorate to find out the reason behind depriving the people of energy in light of the high temperatures, but it attributed the matter to the failure to supply it by the Ministry ), calling on the Ministry (to clarify its procedures in this regard, and to work on re-equipping the area with electricity), and they indicated that (complete extinguishing is usually repeated with high temperatures, and we call on the concerned authorities to consider our appeal and restore the current to cover the needs of citizens and prevent the exploitation of extinguishing by generator owners who will provide to raise the price of the amp). The Ministry mobilized its staff to restore electricity to the medical city after the feeder was damaged as a result of excavations for the Ministry of Communications and the optical cable. A statement received by (Al-Zaman) yesterday said that (Minister Ziad Ali Fadel directed the efforts of the staff of the Central Transmission Department to mobilize for the need to address the damage to the receivers of the old Jamila line, Medicine 132, which feeds directly to the city of the Medical City, as the digging works for the optical cable by the staff of the Ministry of Communications caused damage and interruption. Atwar al-Qabilu), and added that (the personnel of the Central Energy Transportation, under the supervision of its Director General, Riyad Oraibi, began examination and drilling work to deal with the damage, and work cautiously in order to preserve the personnel as a result of the convergence of the path of the cables of the Jamila Karentina line), and the Minister instructed (urgent measures to treat the cables of the damaged line, and repair it). And return it to work during the coming hours), appreciating (the great efforts of the other ministries, with the necessity of coordinating with the ministry and its formations in advance to provide them with maps of the routes of all carrier lines and cables to avoid such accidents and avoid them in the service of the public interest).
