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Algeria - The return of electricity was recorded in the states that experienced a sudden outage from Tuesday night to Wednesday, due to an exceptional technical malfunction following a failure at the electrical facility in Sidi Akba in the Biskra province.
Algeria - The Prime Minister, Mr. Saifi Gharib, confirmed that the restoration of the electrical network in a 'short time' after the outage that affected several provinces of the country is 'a pride for the Algerian electrical industry'.
Algeria - The Minister of Energy and Renewable Energies, Mourad Adjall, confirmed that the malfunction affecting the electrical facility in 'Sidi Okba' in Biskra is due to the high heat wave that impacted several provinces of the country, reassuring citizens that 'the malfunction is exceptional and has been controlled.'
The Prime Minister, Mr. Sifi Gharib, confirmed that restoring the electrical network in a 'short time' after the outage that affected several provinces of the country is a 'pride for the Algerian electrical industry'. In a press statement made during his visit to the control center of the national electricity network in Algiers to oversee the process of restoring the electrical network after the technical malfunction that affected the electrical facility 'Sidi Akba' in Biskra, Mr. Gharib considered that 'restoring the electrical network in a short time is a pride for the electrical industry in Algeria'.
Khalil Hadna, the Director of Information at the Ministry of Energy and Renewable Energies, confirmed this Wednesday that the technical malfunction affecting the electrical facility in Sidi Akba (Biskra Province) was an 'exceptional incident' that was managed in a short time, adding that the situation is currently stable.
On behalf of the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, the Prime Minister, Mr. Saïfi Ghrib, expressed his deep appreciation and gratitude to the staff of the Ministry of Energy and Renewable Energies, led by the Minister, and all the staff and agents of SONELGAZ, in recognition of their high professional competence and comprehensive mobilization and high sense of responsibility in the immediate handling of the technical malfunction that resulted in the interruption of electricity supply, from Tuesday night to Wednesday, across several eastern provinces of the country.
The Minister of Energy and Renewable Energies, Mourad Ajal, confirmed that the malfunction affecting the electrical facility in 'Sidi Okba' in Biskra was due to the high heat wave impacting several provinces of the country, reassuring citizens that 'the malfunction is exceptional and has been controlled.'
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