Saudi village waits for electricity for 70 years

A small village in Saudi Arabia is relying on primitive power generators to get electricity as it has been waiting for the service from the government for nearly 70 years, a newspaper in the world’s top oil exporter reported on Tuesday.

Raqba in the southern province of Fifa began using small power generators nearly 20 years ago but many parts of the village are still plunging in darkness in the absence of modern electrical facilities, Ajel Arabic language daily said.

“We still have not received power connections from the government….we have been waiting for nearly 70 years but nothing has happened,” the paper quoted an old Saudi resident of the village as saying.

“We started demanding electricity nearly 20 years and received only promises…we believe there will be no government response…..that is why we are becoming more reliant on old generators.”

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