KABUL (SW) – A number of residents and businessmen in Kabul have raised concerns about the recent surge in power supply issues, saying that they are compelled to rely more on generators and gas to meet their daily needs which imposes additional costs on their expenses.
Ahmad Shah, the head of a private printing house in Kabul, says that he has access to electricity for only two to four hours a day, posing significant challenges in carrying out his daily operations.
“Lack of electricity has become a big challenge for us. We, shopkeepers who work 24 hours a day, the electricity is more needed. We don’t have electricity, our generator is on and this causes us more financial losses,” he added.
Samiullah, a tailor in the Dasht-e Barchi area of Kabul, further emphasizes that the shortage of electricity in recent days has significantly affected his business.”Tailors cannot work without electricity; there is no power even for one hour a day,” he said.
However, officials at Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) state that the heightened demand for electricity, coupled with a reduction in the capacity of domestic resources to generate power, has resulted in extended periods of power outages in Kabul.
Hekmatullah Maiwandi, the spokesperson for DABS, reassures that the company is actively working to address the issue of power shortages in Kabul.
He adds: “To solve this problem, we bought a heat machine and, God willing, we use it in difficult conditions,”
The shortage of electricity in Afghanistan has deprived Kabul residents of additional hours during both day and night, especially as the temperature drops and the demand for electricity rises.
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