Electricity warns citizens against building near high-voltage lines and holds violators responsible

The Ministry of Electricity and Energy warned citizens against building near high-voltage lines as it poses a great risk to their lives, holding violators fully responsible for the resulting damage. The Minister of Electricity in the caretaker government, Dr. Muhammad Ahmed Al-Bukhaiti, in a statement to the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), called on the leadership of the corporation and its regions to take the necessary measures against violating citizens in cooperation with the relevant authorities, and to take what is necessary for the public interest. Minister Al-Bukhaiti warned citizens in all Yemeni provinces not to build under high-pressure lines, stressing that the directives stipulate preventing displacement of the foundation's columns for any reason. Because of the risks it poses to the network , columns, and to preserving the organization's money. He praised the efforts of the Third District leadership and its engineers in controlling some of the violating commercial stations, as the calculation of the transformer current loss in one of the violating stations was estimated at 20 million riyals... stressing the intensification of monitoring campaigns and arresting violators in the interest of the institution and preserving public money. Minister Al-Bukhaiti called on electricity district managers to facilitate the procedures for restoring power to citizens, especially large subscribers, taking into account the installation of transformers in appropriate places determined by the technical , engineering teams, and holding violators fully responsible for any loss or damage resulting from placing transformers in inappropriate places. Source: Yemen News Agency