Tuesday 29/July/2025 – 06:42 PM
Engineer Ihab Mansour, Chairman of the Parliamentary Authority of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party and the undersecretary of the Manpower Committee in the House of Representatives, presented an urgent question about: Prime Minister, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Minister of Finance, and Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities regarding the frequent power and water outages in several areas in Giza Governorate, and the resulting suffering of citizens.
Compensating those affected by Giza after the power and water cuts
In his request, the deputy pointed to the complete interruption of electricity and water in many areas of the governorate, which started a few days ago, and continued until dawn on Monday, July 28, 2025, where the repairs were completed after a great effort from the electricity leaders in cooperation with the Giza Governorate, and the deputy was present at the site throughout the period of reforms over the previous two days to follow up the situation and support the people.
He pointed out that the citizens were surprised on Monday evening with the return of the power and water outages again, which led to the continuation and exacerbation of the crisis, especially between the elderly, patients and people with disabilities.
The deputy confirmed that he received thousands of complaints from the people of Giza, especially from the Al -Omraniya neighborhood, due to the continued power and water cuts for long hours per day, and in some areas reached two consecutive days, which caused damage to electrical and food, and his service office and his personal home were affected by the crisis.
The deputy demanded that the affected people be compensated for the damages they suffered, noting that the interruptions caused the stoppage of elevators and the interruption of water from the upper roles and the disturbance of daily life, stressing that some patients depend on their home treatment on electrical devices.
The deputy asked a number of questions, asking the government to answer it in writing, including:
• What are the reasons that led to a new malfunction after repairing the previous holidays? Are maintenance and reviews carried out periodically?
• What maintenance was implemented in the region during the past year?
• Is there a need to support financial to complete maintenance work? And if it is found, did the ministry ask for this support?
• Are there unannounced reasons that the government should open up to citizens?
Where is the necessary awareness in such crises?
