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Santo Domingo.– Residents of the sectors located on the San Isidro highway denounce constant blackouts that affect their quality of life and daily activities.
Residential areas such as Prado Oriental, Los Educadores, Amalia, Las Cayenas residential, Los Maestros and San Isidro Labrador, are just some of those that have reported prolonged interruptions of the electrical service for several consecutive days.
"Yesterday, Thursday, he arrived at 10 pm, after a while he came back and left. It has happened constantly and the bill doesn't go down," said Juan de Jesús Moya, a resident of Los Maestros.
Merchant José Manuel de la Bodega Amalia reported the loss of food. "This is every day, there's no one who can stand it. We're going to have to go on strike, set tires on fire," expressed the visibly affected seller.
Faced with growing discontent, the Eastern Electricity Distribution Company (EDEESTE) responded that the long periods of blackouts are part of scheduled maintenance on the area's electrical system, in order to improve the grid and guarantee a more stable service in the medium term.
"We are carrying out improvement and repair work on breakdowns at different points on the San Isidro highway, which implies temporary interruptions of service. We ask for the understanding of citizens while we carry out these necessary tasks," the distributor indicated through a statement.
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However, residents claim they have not been properly informed about the schedules or duration of the outages. "One cannot foresee anything. Sometimes it dawns without light and we don't even know until when it will be," are the complaints of Mélida Mendoza. Meanwhile, those affected demand greater transparency from EDEESTE and a clear schedule of works to be able to organize their activities without so much disruption. They also ask for short-term solutions to be implemented, as they consider that the situation is returning to critical levels.
