Houthi militias turned the government electricity sector in Hodeidah into private trade
English - Monday 14 October 2019 الساعة 12:25 pm
Houthi militias have turned the government electricity sector in Hodeidah into a private sector that is traded by its supervisors in the city.
Militia supervisors took advantage of the citizens' need for electricity by raising the cost of selling kilowatts from the hotline to 100 riyals and running them at a rate of 4 to 6 hours a day, and at different intervals.
Citizens told Newsyemen that the hotline the militia had brought to every home was only one of its lies and tricks.
They said Houthi militias often cut off power, citing a lack of diesel.
Citizens are forced to rely on high-priced commercial electricity, which is essentially an illegal investment for militia supervisors, after the invasion of Hodeidah, looting government generators, hospital generators and administrative offices and turning them into a private sector for them.
Hot weather forces people to bear the double pricing burden imposed by the Houthi militia for electricity, even if the current is limited to a few hours.
Continued unavailability of electricity, under extreme heat, increases the suffering of children, the sick and the elderly, forcing heads of households to afford the bill, which can sometimes amount to a minimum of 50,000 commercial electricity and 30,000 riyals for government electricity, which caused an additional burden for families in the absence of income and government salaries are suspended.
