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MAJOR blackouts hit a number of districts yesterday forcing families to leave their homes, causing disruption to businesses and leaving many residents and office workers sweltering in the summer heat.
The power outage mainly affected the Doha Jadeed area from Wednesday night to yesterday morning leaving many residents without electricity for several hours.
Among those worst affected were cafeterias – one of which was forced to close for two days after the power cuts rendered freezers useless. Staff told Gulf Times that a substantial quantity of food, in particular meat and eggs, had rotted in the heat.
When irate residents contacted the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) they were told the blackouts were the result of an “overload” of the system.
Doha Jadeed is a densely populated area bustling with flats, family homes and small businesses.
One resident said power supply to his accommodation went off around 8pm on Wednesday and only returned at 11am yesterday.
“When it came back it was only partially and we could function only very few of the air-conditioners in our building,” he said.
Other people living in the area said they were so badly affected by the blackout that they had to temporarily move their families out.
A local bakery also reported problems claiming the outages had been occurring at regular intervals over the past couple of days making it impossible to run the business as usual.
A staff member said: “We feel it risky to store goods in sufficient quantities.”
A number of bachelors said there was only power in three of the ten rooms of their office-cum residence during Wednesday night and that most of their bedrooms were without electricity.
Another man, who runs a business in one of the affected buildings said that inquiries to Kahramaa revealed that only one phase of its electricity supply was currently operational. One of the reasons cited for the overload was the mass use of air-conditioners.
Further inquiries by Gulf Times also found that some residents and businesses in Umm Ghwaliana had also been hit by blackouts at regular intervals over the past two days.
Last night a Kahramaa spokesman said: “The outage in the Doha Jadeed area did not amount to any major blackout. The issue, I understand, is not a major one and could be sorted out as quickly as possible,” he said
The power outage mainly affected the Doha Jadeed area from Wednesday night to yesterday morning leaving many residents without electricity for several hours.
Among those worst affected were cafeterias – one of which was forced to close for two days after the power cuts rendered freezers useless. Staff told Gulf Times that a substantial quantity of food, in particular meat and eggs, had rotted in the heat.
When irate residents contacted the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) they were told the blackouts were the result of an “overload” of the system.
Doha Jadeed is a densely populated area bustling with flats, family homes and small businesses.
One resident said power supply to his accommodation went off around 8pm on Wednesday and only returned at 11am yesterday.
“When it came back it was only partially and we could function only very few of the air-conditioners in our building,” he said.
Other people living in the area said they were so badly affected by the blackout that they had to temporarily move their families out.
A local bakery also reported problems claiming the outages had been occurring at regular intervals over the past couple of days making it impossible to run the business as usual.
A staff member said: “We feel it risky to store goods in sufficient quantities.”
A number of bachelors said there was only power in three of the ten rooms of their office-cum residence during Wednesday night and that most of their bedrooms were without electricity.
Another man, who runs a business in one of the affected buildings said that inquiries to Kahramaa revealed that only one phase of its electricity supply was currently operational. One of the reasons cited for the overload was the mass use of air-conditioners.
Further inquiries by Gulf Times also found that some residents and businesses in Umm Ghwaliana had also been hit by blackouts at regular intervals over the past two days.
Last night a Kahramaa spokesman said: “The outage in the Doha Jadeed area did not amount to any major blackout. The issue, I understand, is not a major one and could be sorted out as quickly as possible,” he said
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