Beirut (agencies)
Yesterday, Electricité du Liban decided to raise the prices of electricity supply, in light of a severe economic crisis that the country is going through.
And local media reported that the Board of Directors of Electricité du Liban decided to “raise the electricity tariff by 27 cents per kilowatt,” noting that the decision came within the framework of the “national emergency plan for the electricity sector.” It is noteworthy that the water crisis in all parts of Lebanon exacerbated with the country’s entry into complete darkness due to the total blackout of the electricity of the Electricité du Liban last September. The Lebanese incur large material losses, by filling water using special tanks, in which the price of the “transport” reaches one million Lebanese pounds, or by purchasing diesel fuel for private generators. The head of the Energy and Water Committee, Lebanese MP Sajia Attia, said: “We have a problem other than water shortages in water stations. There are no existing water pumping stations to reach cities, residential places and towns. As a result of the lack of diesel, the Water Authority no longer has the ability to pump water.”
