AMMAN — The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) announced on Sunday that electrical cables were stolen from the Sports City area, which
affected electrical distribution to facilities, streets, and traffic lights.
اضافة اعلان
According to sources at the
GAM, the disruption did not
affect households in that area.
The head of the municipality’s traffic department, Mohammad
Faouri, told Jordan News that the power outage in the Sports City area occurred
because the main cables connected to the electrical company’s generator and
primary electrical panel were stolen, causing a three-hour-long disruption of traffic
lights in the area.
Following coordination between the GAM and the electrical
company, power was restored. Faouri confirmed that no car accidents took place
as traffic police were stationed in the area to preempt any accidents and
safely direct cars.
He added that security cameras footage will be reviewed in
order to catch the perpetrators with the help of law enforcement. The
municipality will investigate these violations and find a way to prevent future
ones.
The electrical company’s media spokesperson, Mohammad
Seefan, told Jordan News that the power outage in the Sport City area lasted
from 12am to 3pm, adding that cables have been stolen in the past in different
parts of the country and that coordination with security bodies occurs as soon
as such an incident is reported.
He confirmed that the perpetrators, who steal these cables
with the intent of selling the copper within, generate colossal losses for the
electricity company, including the costs incurred by the power outage itself,
the costs of buying new equipment, and the costs of offer alternatives to
remedy the interruption, in addition to the costs associated with efforts of
maintenance workers.
Sources at the GAM, speaking on the condition of anonymity,
told Jordan News that three similar incidents occurred in
Amman yesterday at
different times.
Sources stated that these thefts are a “reoccurring issue
that happens every day.”
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