24 February 2012 - 20:30

The joint committee formed by Egypt and Gaza to solve the coastal enclave’s power crisis has concluded evaluating the current situation in Gaza and means of resolving its power shortage.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The joint committee formed by Egypt and Gaza to solve the coastal enclave’s power crisis has concluded evaluating the current situation in Gaza and means of resolving its power shortage.

Committee sources told the PIC in Cairo on Friday that the committee members agreed on supplying Gaza with Egyptian power and boosting Sheikh Zuwaid’s power generation station in order to supply Gaza with additional power.

The committee approved linking Gaza to the regional power grid and rehabilitating the Gaza transformer station.

Egyptian minister of electricity Hassan Younis had recently announced increasing the power supplied to Gaza to 22 Megawatt.

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