Power Cuts
The Ministry of Electricity has announced that it will resume daily power outages for inhabitants in various governorates starting from Monday, according to a ministry official.
Public employees in Egypt who have been working from home on Sundays in August as part of a government plan to reduce electricity consumption will work their shifts in the office starting September.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has followed up on state’s efforts to avoid the recurrence of the power cuts crisis in the future and put different scenarios to deal with the various probabilities in this regard.
Egypt’s Cabinet announced on Monday the schedule for power cuts in the different governorates as the country has been implementing a load shedding program since mid-July.
The government has received complaints from citizens that power cuts are longer in villages than in cities, he said, noting that malfunction of electricity networks is possible with the rise in temperatures. Electricity turbines consume higher amounts of gas due to the temperatures in summer, Saad clarified.
Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker and Minister of Petroleum Tarek El-Molla held an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss putting quick and radical solutions to the power cuts crisis.
Students of Dhyaa school in the Yemeni city of Aden took their exams in undershirts instead of their regular uniform .
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