15/02/2020

Electricity returns to Jazira Region after days of power outages

TABQA, Syria – After 60 hours of failure on a 230 kv tension line that connect Al-Bawab power station at the Euphrates Dam in Tabqa to Hasakah, it has been brought back into service after hard and tiring work under difficult weather conditions. The station will gradually begin feeding Jazira Region with electricity again.

Yesterday evening, technicians completed their repairs on the cut line in the Suda area. The was severed due to a malfunction on Wednesday leading to power interruptions.

Electricity from the Swediah power station was directed to feed hospitals, mills, water stations, bakeries, and telecommunications infrastructure to ensure continuous provision of various services.

Technicians also corrected a separate technical malfunction at the al-Bawab power station itself.