‘I throw food on a regular basis because of the rot in the refrigerator that is without power for 7-8 hours in a row’.

It’s hot and humid in Beirut with frequent power cuts across the country that is spreading havoc to most households.

Antoine Haddad in Baskinta, Mount Lebanon, testifies that he receives less than 10 hours of electricity each day.

“Sometimes, we have no power for 2 days in a row,” he affirms. In Jun, north of Saidah, Ayshah Trabulsi is far less technical: “I throw food on a regular basis because of the rot in the refrigerator that is without power for 7-8 hours in a row.” In the Biqa‘ Valley, where temperatures reach the 35-40 degrees, most homes do without electricity for long periods of time too. In the middle of its perennial political disputes, Lebanon confronts yet another crisis, with no relief in sight.

 Source: Gulf News