The Minister of Electricity, Ziad Ali Fadhil, issued an order today, Friday, directing the immediate preparation of the transmission and distribution departments in the holy city of Najaf to ensure energy stability and stressing the significance of preparing for the Arbaeen pilgrimage.
In a statement, the Minister of Electricity’s media office noted that “the Minister chaired an expanded meeting of officials of the transportation and distribution departments and maintenance centers in the city to stand on the reality of the equipment and its problems, and to develop radical solutions that allow for the provision of stable and sustainable hours of equipment.” “The Minister of Electricity visited the holy Najaf Governorate in preparation for the blessed Arbaeen visit and in implementation of the directives of the Prime Minister.”
He went on to say that “Fadel listened to the officials of the sub-departments about the most prominent challenges they face in their daily work, and issued his directives in this regard to avoid the problems that occurred.” He also said that “the necessity of preparing for the Arbaeen visit, and emphasizing that the government headed by Al-Sudani pays great attention to securing the needs of the holy city and the processions of visitors for electrical energy” was something else that he mentioned.
According to the statement, the Minister gave the order to “immediately provide the relevant departments with the necessary equipment to ensure the stability of the electrical current and to light the roads used by visitors, as follows:
Versatile gear (132/33 kV) No. 1 piece of mobile equipment (132/11 kV) 1
Supply and establishment of 3 versatile (33/11 kV)
Setting up a link of size (3 x 5) with a voltage of (11 kV) and a length of 57 km
Setting up a link of size (1 x 400) voltage (33 kV) with a length of 75 km
Setting up a link of size (1 x 150) with a voltage of (400 kV) and a length of 500 km
Setting up a link of size (3 x 150) with a voltage of (33 kV) and a length of 53 km
Providing 55 box transformers, voltage (11 kV), limit (1000 kVA)
Supply of 6 E-house transformers (33/0.4 kV) with a limit of (250 kVA)
Providing transformers (11/0.4 kV) with a limit of (400 kVA), 350 units
Setting up a wire size (120 mm) with a length of 500 km
1900 high strain segment gear
Planning supplies and hardware for the upkeep of 900 links
Preparing the Najaf Power Dissemination Branch with particular vehicles, their drivers, and specialized groups from other governorates, as per the development of guests.