Hours-blackouts in capital after Marib tribesmen attack power lines

MARIB, May 11
(Saba) - Destructive tribesmen have attacked power transmission lines in Marib
province in
northeast Yen mepromoting blackouts for more than three hours a day in the capital.
An official source at the Public Electricity Corporation said that power blackouts
will take place for some hours a day after the attack that completely stopped the
operations
of the Marib Gas-Fired Power Station. An engineering team is now fixing the matter,
the source said.
On Monday power cuts happened for more than 3 hours in the capital, Sana'a, many
times during the day.
Shooting power transmission lines was a heinous crime and already separated the
station totally from the national power grid leading to power deficiency, the
source added.
The first stage of Mareb Gas-Fired Power Station was launched at a capacity of 260
megawatts last year helping largely to resolving electrical problems in the
country.
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