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Power outage at Sharjah schools results in cancellation of classes
The students of affected schools, including Delhi Private School (DPS) and Rosary School, reached their schools at 7am, only to find that there was no electricity.
Sharjah — Universities and schools in Sharjah industrial areas and Muwaili had to cancel classes on June 4 and June 7 due to power outage. Some schools had to postpone exams that were to be conducted on these days.
The students of affected schools, including Delhi Private School (DPS) and Rosary School, reached their schools at 7am, only to find that there was no electricity.
Some schools like DPS postponed exams from Thursday to other days as no electricity meant hot classrooms without air conditioners. Some schools let students sit in their air-conditioned buses for some time, hoping that electricity would be restored. However, students had to be sent back home.
An official at the Rosary School said they conducted exams in the morning.
“We allowed the students to take exams in the morning as it was not that hot then.”
Dr Rashid Alleem, Chairman of the Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (Sewa), told Khaleej Times that the problem has been fixed.
He said the power outage occurred due to a “massive fire” that broke out in the main cable in the plant that supplies electricity to Sharjah industrial areas, Al Noof and Muwaili.
He said the outage took place around 8am on Thursday, following which engineers and technicians from the Sewa rushed to the plant. On finding that the main cable had caught fire, they called the Sharjah Civil Defence to douse the flames. Dr Alleem said engineers managed to fix 70 per cent of the problem on the day, but some areas remained affected until Sunday.
The Sewa then worked to replace all the affected cables, and succeeded in restoring the electricity supply.
“I personally was at the site to supervise the maintenance operation and ensure that the power problem was fixed as soon as possible so that electricity could be restored at the affected areas,” he affirmed. “I apologise to residents and schools in the affected areas for the inconvenience caused.”
afkarali@khaleejtimes.com
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