Power cuts Sudanese industry kills many people

Power cuts Sudanese industry kills many people

Lack of production leads to crazy price increases

Khartoum: Saif Al Yazal Babiker

The Sudanese factories are suffering heavy losses and citizens are facing great suffering because of the continuous power cuts that have affected the economy in general, due to lack of production and high prices.
The prices of products manufactured by these factories are currently experiencing an unprecedented spiral in the modern history of Sudan, with a rise of 300% and an imminent increase.
Many Sudanese were indignant at the frequent power outages that in most residential areas reached 12 hours a day, coinciding with the summer, where temperatures usually range between 46 and 48 degrees.
People in the three cities of the capital, Khartoum, organized sporadic demonstrations and protest marches to the electricity sales offices, but the situation remained unchanged and interruptions continued every 48 hours in the neighborhoods. and for 4 to 8 hours.
Vital sectors in Sudan in general have also been affected by prolonged power outages. This has resulted in material losses in a number of commercial, industrial and agricultural sectors, whose electricity is the backbone.
Fateh al-Rahman Hamed, owner of one of Khartoum's steel companies, said the power cut had resulted in a drop in production of about 10 percent and had resulted in heavy losses. He pointed out that the electricity crisis reflected the high cost, while waiting for it to lead to a shortage of goods and high prices. The crisis has also affected the transport sector: many petrol stations have ceased operations due to a shortage of gasoline in the country, which has doubled the price of goods and pbadengers. The increase in transportation rates in the national capital exceeds 100%.
The president of the Federation of Sudanese Industries, Qasim Ali al-Sayyed, in an interview with "The Middle East," said factories are suffering losses due to lack of electricity and currently operate at less than 50% their maximum capacity. Generators. He adds that the irregular supply of electricity to the industrial sector threatens to destroy the raw materials and machinery used in the factories. He noted that mill owners record reports on electricity management without any treatment, which will affect plant productivity and their low capacity to fully supply markets with the necessary goods, which increases suffering of citizens.
The Sudanese Ministry of Electricity has attributed frequent and frequent power cuts due to the scarcity of electricity supply, due to the low water level of the Nile at its lowest point. level this year. A ministerial source confirmed that the duration of power outages in Khartoum was much shorter than in other states, where service outages reached 12 hours a day.
Sources at the Ministry of Electricity and Enterprises believe that the problem of power outages lies in the lack of electricity production compared to consumption, the lack of plans for growth in production , as well as the need for some power plants to maintain, because of the outdated fuel imported through one of the windows of the previous system.
In summary, according to a source from the Ministry of Electricity, the windows of the old regime were importing tons of stale fuel, to run thermal power plants until November (November), and interrupted continuously the works of the power stations.
The machines were serviced once a year and had to be serviced every 12 days, although the engineers tried to treat them by importing high quality fuel and blending it with rotten fuel.
On the other hand, an official source announced that the Ethiopian power supply of the Sudanese national power grid would come into effect in the middle of this month.
Sudan has signed a two-year contract with Ethiopia to supply 200 megawatts (MW) for a fixed price, but Addis Ababa has stopped supplying electricity to Khartoum since early April after a power cuts in Ethiopia following rare rains. The electric energy of the dams on the Ethiopian plateau.

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