The management of the Man-made River said that its maintenance teams are continuing work to restore water supplies to Tripoli and the surrounding areas.

 A failure occurred in the electricity transmission lines linking the water system, which caused an interruption in the flow of water.

In addition, the majority of areas in the city suffered a total blackout at a time when the threat of the spread of the coronavirus looms in the country.

There was a total blackout in both the western and southern regions of the country.

Fayez al-Sarraj said, “shutting the gas pipe in the Sidi al-Sayeh area which feeds the western region with electricity days after closing the gas pipes in the Great Man Made River which also feeds the area.”

Abdel-Moneim al-Hor, the Secretary-General of the Arab Organization for Human Rights, residing in al-Khums, said that they have been suffering from a cut in water and electricity supplies for days.

The General Electricity Company clarified two days ago that “an unknown group had shut down the gas pipe in the Sidi al-Sayeh area.”

It warned that “continuing to close it will cause a massive shortage in electricity production in the area and that manual loads will be resorted to in order to maintain the safety and stability of the electric grid”.

In addition to the power cut, Tripoli and the majority of cities in western Libya have suffered from water cuts for two days.

Despite the Great Man Made River administration announcing that drinking water supply has partially returned to some areas, it expects that “it will be cut off again in the capital over the continued raids by armed men of the control room.

The western Libyan cities also suffered the same fate, as citizens there complained of drinking water and electricity cuts, deepening their years-long crisis coupled with a rise in the price of fuel and cooking gas.