Beirut (agencies)
Electricité du Liban yesterday decided to raise the prices of the electricity supply, in light of the serious economic crisis that the country is going through.
And local media reported that Electricité du Liban’s board of directors decided to “raise the electricity tariff by 27 cents per kilowatt”, noting that the decision was part of the “national emergency plan for the electricity sector” . Interestingly, the water crisis in all parts of Lebanon was exacerbated with the country’s entry into complete darkness due to the total electricity blackout of the Elettricité du Liban last September. The Lebanese suffer huge material losses, filling water with special tanks, in which the price of “transport” reaches one million Lebanese pounds, or by buying diesel 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 villages. Due to the lack of diesel, the Water Authority no longer has the capacity to pump water “.
