The operation of Gaza Energy Plant was stopped this morning because the fuel required to operate the Plant ran out. PCHR is concerned that the current crisis may impact the access of 1.6 million Palestinians to vital services, including the supply of drinking water, and that this crisis may result in the suspension of work in some vital sectors, such as health, sanitation and education.
According to PCHR's follow up of the ongoing power crisis in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Energy Authority in Gaza announced that the operation of the Gaza Power plant was totally stopped this morning, 14 February 2012, due to the lack of fuel. The Energy Authority alleged that the lack of fuel is due to the intentional measures taken to prevent the delivery of fuel to Gaza. In a press release published today on its website, the Energy Authority in Gaza noted that the main power resource in Gaza shut down, explaining that this power resource already suffers from serious deficit and covers only 35% of Gaza needs' of electrical power.
Full Press Release
http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8157:gaza-power-plant-forced-to-shut-down-pchr-concerned-by-deterioration-of-humanitarian-conditions-of-approximately-16-million-palestinians-in-the-gaza-strip-&catid=36:pchrpressreleases&Itemid=194
Maan News Agency: Gaza power plant stops running
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=460417
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