Homs and the countryside of Damascus - SANA
The strong winds and rain that Homs witnessed yesterday and today caused varying faults in the electrical network, most notably the fall and collapse of a number of poles and towers of medium tension lines in the countryside of the governorate, where most of them were repaired.
In a statement to SANA reporter, Engineer Bassam Al-Rifai, director of the Homs Electricity Company, stated that 45 malfunctions occurred on the medium tension lines in the Homs countryside, including the fall of two wooden columns in the Nazareth area, a column on the Zara line, two towers and two columns on the Abu al-Mashaghib line, two columns and an intermediate tower on the double line towards Qatina and a wooden pole In the Soukra area, it feeds the village of Al-Wazi’iyah, in addition to several faults within the low voltage lines as a result of “falling electrical cables” in various areas.
Al-Rifai confirmed that all medium tension faults have been maintained, except for 9 faults that are currently being worked on, pointing to the readiness of the company's workshops to deal with various faults and restore service to citizens as soon as possible.
In Rural Damascus Governorate, the General Manager of the Electricity Company, Engineer Bassam Al-Masry, told SANA reporter that the weather conditions caused minor faults on the network, all of which were repaired.
He pointed out that the 66 kV line that feeds Marana, Ashrafieh and Jdeidet Artouz stations was subjected to an emergency malfunction that was repaired and the tension and electrical supply to these areas restored, stressing that emergency workers are in a state of full readiness to receive citizens' complaints and address them as quickly as possible.
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