Unknown gunmen have attacked on Sunday the Libyan electrical station of Bo-Kammash Libya, causing a power outage in the cities of Zawya, Al Harsha, Aljmail, Al Ajaylat and the southern of Surman according to Libya’s General Electricity Company (GECOL).
In a Sunday statement, GECOL added that Illegal groups stormed into three different power stations in Libya and returned the power supplies by force. “These kinds of behaviors will cause a low frequency in the Libyan grid, which leads to the exit of some generating units from service, and threaten the stability of the electrical network” GECOL added.
The company urged the citizens not to storm into the power stations, forcing the electricity back at their areas, as ‘this irresponsible behavior further exacerbates the problem and disturb the workers inside the stations.’
GECOL announced, Saturday that electricity will be returning gradually to the southern areas in the country as several power stations have operated normally once again.
Libya’s Southern and Western zones have been witnessing a complete darkness during the past period as a result of power stations failures; however, the company managed to fix the errors, feed the stations with power and return them back to normal operation.
Libya has been witnessing a sever power problem since the beginning of Tripoli’s fighting in April. The authorities have been reporting that the battels between rival parties in the capital caused several damages to the power cables and stations.
Moreover, maintenance workers found it extremely difficult to do their work amid the clashes.
