Outage leaves Sharjah residents in the dark

Yet another power outage left the Sharjah residents in the dark for six long hours on Saturday.

The power cut affected the emirate's industrial areas as well as some commercial areas such as  Al Maraijah, Al Nahda, Al Arouba Street, Bu Daniq area and the areas near Al Wahda Street.

Business establishments lament the loss of income as a result of the power cut.

Outage also affected the traffic lights in the emirate's Industrial Areas 3, 4, 5, and 6. Lights stopped functioning due to the power outage and Anjad police patrols closed off the intersections and diverted traffic, which in turn caused a heavy traffic jam for motorists heading from Dubai and into Sharjah, reports Gulf News.

A lot of residents plan to move to Dubai once their contract is up for renewal.

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