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[email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Power outage Emir meets envoys near Doha hits thousands Overload caused blackout DOHA: A sudden power out- engine and switch on the air- age left thousands of peo- conditioner to escape the stifling ple, including the elderly and heat. children in a bustling town Utility distributor Kahramaa near here, braving sizzling dispatched a team of techni- heat and humidity for hours cians to identify the problem and yesterday. fix it after its emergency con- The power failure was caused trol room was informed of the around noon due to overload on outage. transmission cables in Umm Al Some 30 engineers and tech- Amad, which is some 26 kilome- nicians comprising the team tres north of Doha off the arterial rushed to the spot and accord- North Road. ing to a press statement issued Electricity was restored in by Kahramaa, electricity sup- the area at 1.37pm yesterday, plies were restored in the area at according to utility distributor 1.37pm. Kahramaa. Kahramaa sources said that it But a resident of the area said has cancelled the weekly day-offs The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani hosted last evening an Iftar banquet at Al Wajbah Palace for the heads of diplomatic missions, electricity was restored around of all technicians as complaints Qatar’s ambassadors abroad and high-ranking officials of the Foreign Ministry.