ADEN, Yemen, Sept 23 (NNN-WAM) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE), a key partner of the Saudi-led Arab coalition, continued to provide fuel for electricity stations to reduce power outages in the port city of Aden.
Power outages rapidly increased during recent days in Aden, which has been hit by a scorching heat, amid a lack of fuel for the power stations, an official of Aden’s local government confirmed.
The UAE rushed to provide Aden’s power stations with a fuel tanker, in an attempt to reduce the suffering of Yemeni citizens living in the strategic port city, where the temperature reaches above 40 degrees Celsius.
“A new fuel tanker arrived in Aden carrying a shipment estimated at 58,972 metric tonnes of diesel, to generate electricity stations in the city,” said the official.
The fuel tanker that came from the Fujairah port in the UAE, arrived at Aden’s oil port and started unloading its shipment to the tanks, belonging to the Refinery Company in the city, he said.
Local electricity workers said, the UAE’s support came, as an emergency solution for Aden’s power stations, that were about to completely stop operating, because of the shortage of fuel.
In June, the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, signed an agreement with the Electricity and Energy Ministry of Yemen, to set up a new power plant in Aden.
The project, which cost 100 million U.S. dollars, is part of the UAE’s continued efforts, to enhance the power grid in Aden. Around 2.5 million Yemeni citizens were expected to benefit from the plan.
Seven citizens died as a result of the heatwave, that swept the southern province of Lahj, in addition to the repeated power outages in June.– NNN-WAM
