BEIRUT: The village of Sibline in the Chouf will have normal electricity flow in three days, Electricite Du Liban announced Thursday, after a malfunction increased the rationing since Monday.
“While one of the contracting companies was carrying out works in the Wadi al-Zina area Monday Sept. 22, 2014,” an EDL statement said, “one of its machines hit the Jiyyeh-Sibline 66 KV wire, which led to significantly reducing electricity flow to the area nourished by the main station in Sibline.”
The areas directly affected by the malfunction were Sibline and a few nearby areas in Mount Lebanon, EDL’s spokeswoman Marie Tawq told The Daily Star. She added that since one of the contractors was responsible for the malfunctions, it had pledged to fix it itself.
While electricity flow was not cut due to the existence of an air-cable in parallel to the underground one, EDL’s statement said the normal flow would be back in a matter of three days.
Although Sibline’s malfunction seems to be easily fixable, EDL has so far failed to repair the malfunction on a similar 66 KV cable near UNESCO Palace in Beirut.
As a result, residents of the Lebanese capital have suffered from weeks of intensive rationing, leaving some unable to perform daily activities and forcing others to pay extremely high bills for private generators.
EDL has blamed contract workers blocking its headquarters for the latency, saying the company is not able to retrieve the necessary tools from the company’s warehouses.
On the other hand, the workers announced their readiness to open warehouses and even contribute to the repairs, but without ending their strike.
In response, EDL’s administration refused to have partial access to the building, saying this disrespects "the company’s dignity," while the rationing in most areas of Beirut has jumped from 3 to at least 12 hours a day.
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