The Directorate of Electricity and Gas Distribution in Medea revealed that it had recorded 54 cases of theft of electric cables between 2021 and 2022.
The theft affected the various regions of the state, distributed across 14 municipalities, the copper cables on the low-voltage electrical network, and the length of the network that was stolen and recorded by our interests was 29.5 km, and in this context, the Directorate allocated, according to a statement, a financial envelope of 600 million centimes to restore these networks .
The statement added that the directorate, as soon as the thefts occur, conducts a field inspection of the place of the theft, and performs the bulk of the legal procedures regarding this type of practices with the relevant authorities regionally, as this process negatively affects the citizen on the one hand and this is in the quality and quality of service and the company on the other hand in terms of burdens The excess that falls on the responsibility of the Distribution Directorate to restore the network to service, and the customer remains the basis for protection against this phenomenon, as he must contact the security services as soon as he notices an unusual or suspicious movement.
On the other hand and in the same context, another phenomenon has become very popular during the recent period, and it is related to the assault on electrical transformer storage, and this is by throwing waste in front of the entrance to these transformers, which impedes the institution’s agents during intervention operations as soon as electrical faults occur, and this phenomenon also causes In bringing rodents that damage the ground electrical cables located at the level of these transformers, which causes electrical faults and thus affects the quality and quality of the electrical power supply service.