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Thursday's power outage caused by faulty cable
The power outage – which lasted for over an hour – had affected one-fourth of Malé
Shan Anees, Raajje.mv | 15 ޖޫން 2017 | ބުރާސްފަތި 06:50
Minister Thoriq Ibrahim at the inauguration to launch a new generator at STELCO
State Electrictric Company (STELCO) has said that the power outage in capital city Malé earlier on Thursday was caused by a faulty cable.
STELCO’s media official, Ibrahim Rauf, said that the power outage – which lasted for over an hour – had affected one-fourth of Malé.
The STELCO has 27 generators, with a set new ones that produce 72 megawatts per unit.
Power outages have been frequent in the capital city as of late. On 28th May, a number of areas in Malé were left without power for hours after several generators had reportedly malfunctioned.
