The citizens of Majdanpek have been without electricity, heating, mobile network and internet for three days. A solution is in sight, but only temporarily
On the territory of the municipality Majdanpek a state of emergency was declared due to extremely low temperatures, precipitation and disappearance electricity. Locals say that this is the third day that Majdampek is without electricity and in the dark, and as a result, there are difficulties in the supply of heating, mobile network and internet.
The breakdown occurred as freezing rain damaged the power grid on Wednesday morning. With the power outage, heating also disappeared in households connected to the remote system, and until today, users of all mobile operators were without range and internet.
Majdanpek Municipality President Dragan Popović told Tanjug that the teams are on the ground and fixing faults, but that the strong wind is making their work difficult, which is why it is not yet known when the electricity supply will return to normal.
The network has just arrived, we don't know how long it will be. There is still no electricity and no heating #Majdanpek #NoGiveNoGive pic.twitter.com/b2FcC3u2NX
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Damjan Stevkić, a professor of English from Majdanpek, confirmed for "Vreme" that there is still no electricity in Majdanpek and the surrounding area, and added that he believes it is a more serious failure.
"Nothing has changed even today. There is no electricity even in the villages above Majdanpek, such as Vlaole, Jasikovo and Leskovo. There are no announcements when it will come. The only thing that appeared somewhere, as they told me, is a signal for mobile telephony," said Stevkić.
Stevkić also explains how, according to his knowledge, the accident occurred.
"Majdanpek used to have four transmission lines. I don't know what's happening with one, the second one has been broken for a long time, the third is used by a mine and it works, and the fourth that uses the city of Majdanpek has fallen. This means that they would have to completely replace a part of the transmission line. That work is very complex for the Majdanpek branch of distribution, and they certainly don't have the capacity either. They are probably waiting for someone from the side," he says.
Stevkić states that the municipality only has no problems with the water supply.
"We are lucky that the water pumping station is on the mine generator. The mine is working and that is the only transmission line that is in operation, but in any case they also have some generators in case of breakdowns. They are of high capacity and could supply the city," he says.
The Majdanpek branch of the "Ziđin Koper" company announced on Friday that it was agreed with the local authorities and Elektroistok from Niš that the city network be connected to the mine transformer station "Majdanpek 1", from which the mine has been supplied uninterruptedly all these days.
"Electrical maintenance experts in Srbija Ziđin Koper ensured the connection of city lines to the mine substation, so I hope that the city will soon get electricity and heating after almost 36 hours without electricity," said the head of Srbija Ziđin Koper in Majdanpek, Nebojša Stojanović.
That would solve the problem, but as our interlocutor says - only temporarily.
"It was logical for them to do that. I just don't know why they haven't done it until now," concludes Stevkic.
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