STELCO restores electricity to Hulhumale' Phase One, urges customers to call 1545 if still without power

STELCO says electricity has been restored to all areas affected by the outage in Hulhumale' Phase One, and has asked customers who are still without power to call 1545.

The company announced the outage at 5:23 pm, stating it was caused by a technical problem in the distribution network.

An hour later, at 6:45 pm, STELCO said power had been restored to all affected areas in Phase One.

Customers who are still experiencing issues have been asked to contact STELCO’s call centre at 1545. The company also apologised for the inconvenience caused.

There was a power outage in parts of Phase One last Thursday.

In recent years, power outages have increased in Male' and Hulhumale', including full blackouts across both islands and prolonged outages in towers in Phase Two. STELCO says it is working to keep up with the growing demand for electricity in the city.