Electricity was cut off in all parts of Sudan yesterday due to a malfunction of the Merowe dam, which is located in the northern state of Sudan on the island of Meroe and feeds most regions of Sudan, on which a number of cities and regions depend. thermal generation energy.
The electricity sector in Sudan is suffering from collapse and lack of periodic maintenance after support was withdrawn due to the events of October 25, 2021, and the necessary assistance that was sent to Sudan to save the sector was stopped. to the newspaper.
And Sudanese sources confirmed in September that a number of government buildings and strategic headquarters in the Sudanese capital Khartoum had been cut off power due to a strike by workers demanding higher wages.
Sources told Sputnik that some government and strategic facilities were cut off from electricity, primarily the buildings of the Palace of the Republic and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Khartoum due to a strike by electricity workers.
The Electricity Sector Wage Structure Committee decided to resume the 40% reduction in Khartoum’s electricity distribution load, and the electricity sector workers went on strike in the capital and neighboring areas on Monday and Tuesday to force officials to raise their wages.
On September 13, Sudanese power workers ended their general strike, which had lasted for 8 days. Having reached an agreement with the Ministry of Energy, the Council of Ministers, when approving the agreement on raising the wages of power engineers, provided for its implementation in three stages.
