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Conflict Incident Report

Residents in south demand electricity

Date of incident: 
May 12, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

Residents in Lebanon’s southern district of Nabatieh complained of the area’s frequent electricity cuts, despite the creation of a committee tasked with following up on the issue.

“At a time when electricity feed is increasing in Beirut and Mount Lebanon, electricity feed in our areas is decreasing, despite the fact that the electricity comes from the Tyre and Zahrani power plants,” the committee said in a statement carried by the state-run National News Agency.

The committee called the shortage “inexplicable,” adding that there isn’t a fair distribution of electricity between cities and other areas.

This security incident was mapped according to the closest possible location.
Primary category: 
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Policy conflicts
Conflicts associated with political decisions, government or state policies regarding matters of public concern, such as debates concerning law reforms, electoral laws, and protests of the government’s political decisions, among others.