The president of Venezuela , Nicolas Maduro declared Friday as days off over the next two months throughout the country, within a “plan special “power saving to cope with the severe drought caused by El Niño.
the special decree establishes ” every day Friday and nonworking day from Friday this week “ until 6 June, Maduro said in a speech broadcast on government television.
After making a “call to national consciousness” for the whole country supports the initiative, Nicolas Maduro extended to nine hours daily power rationing for shopping centers and hotels, which should generate its own energy, a measure that started in February.
Although the government of Venezuela said all nonworking Easter to reduce consumption of water and electricity, Nicolas Maduro acknowledged that the country faces an “extreme situation” by falling levels of 18 dams in the country.
Guri, main reservoir located in Bolivar state (southeast) supplying the 70% of the electricity system, is just three centimeters above the “end point” of 240 meters above sea level, said Maduro, who attended as a guest to the weekly television program of the second Chavista, Diosdado Cabello.
the president also demanded that the state industries increased consumption reduce energy use by 20%, as well as public administration.
Although the largest energy consumer is the residential sector, Nicolas Maduro avoided declare a “painful rationing for the country” and adjustment rates.
Anticipating criticism of the opposition majority in Parliament, who has questioned the government’s management of the electricity crisis, Nicolas Maduro he said “not worth neither hatred nor revenge nor the little diatribe “ in this circumstance.
Venezuela , who lived a hard power crisis in 2010, suffers constant blackouts, especially in the provinces.
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