Electricity in Madinat Khalifa
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Anyone has any idea as to why is the electricity out in madinat khalifa region from morning???
Anyone has any idea as to why is the electricity out in madinat khalifa region from morning???
This was published thru Gulf times today stating the reason for yesterday's power outage.
Power failure hits DohaPublished: Tuesday, 13 November, 2007, 02
A POWER outage across Doha yesterday morning disrupted life briefly, affecting traffic, offices, schools and petrol pumps.
Outages, which lasted for more than three hours, were reported from such areas as Mamoura, Abu Hamour, Nuaija, Al Hilal, New Salata, Najma, Umm Ghuwailina, Bin Dirhem, Old Airport, Al Wakrah and Madinat Khalifa.
There were long queues of motorists at several traffic signals as the lights went out. Among the worst-affected intersections were those on the C Ring Road and near Hamad Hospital. Traffic had to be diverted. The disruption was compounded by a thick fog covering the city.
Inquiries found that a number of offices, including banks and insurance firms, ground to a halt. Even communication lines were affected for some time. Some Arabic and English schools sent children home as power was not restored even after a couple of hours. Petrol pumps in the affected areas were also thrown out of gear.
A Kahramaa official said the power failure was caused by problems in some of the generators at a major unit. About 20% of the total electricity output was affected, he added.
The official said the thick fog in the morning had initially slowed down restoration work. “However, our technicians could successfully restore electricity in almost areas, latest by 9am.”
He said power was restored in most areas in two hours. An entrepreneur said that with such long hours of electricity disruption, there could be more pressure on residential units to go for generators.
Doha Stock Market (DSM) was not off today---
Market index for today increased by 1.44% ( 9,611.41)
the pre-open status you saw is normal.
see below for the schedule:
Trading Time
Weekly: Sun-Thu
Pre-open : 9:30 am
Open : 10:00 am
Close : 12:30 pm
in airport area no electricity fr 6 am till 9 am , thank god is only for 3 hrs
Al Messilah area was affected as well but only for 2 hours from 7am to 9am. I don't know about the rest.
I received a call about an hour ago that somewhere near Hamad the eletricitywas back on again.
we dont have too. maybe they ran out of fuel?
"waiting is an art, timing is everyting"
online Doha Security Market is off today with the 'pre Open' status. Is that because of power outage?
My uncles place has no electricity, and lots of shops around don't have it too. It started out about a week ago, with the electricity coming and going....
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./`I don't wanna waste another day-Keepin it inside, it's killing me./`
Gosh !!!! I hope they get it up soon. Its ok now in the mornings when the temp is mild, but afternoons will be difficult if it doesn't come back.
Our office people were all complaining too aboutthe power cut - I managed to escape it seems I hate having to go out of the house without drying my hair properly or the desperate cup of coffee before leaving.
Mansoura, Najma, Al Sadd too... it seems to be a major breakdown !!!
Not Only madinat Khalifa count Muntaza, Aziziya and guess few others too. why got no idea.
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