Prime Minister Ünal Üstel, who as head of government is responsible for the electricity authority KIB-TEK, visited the Teknecik Power Plant due to increasing power outages and the black smoke emitting from the power station, which is believed to be caused by low-grade fuel. He suggested there might be “sabotage” involved and called on the police to investigate, Yeniduzen reports.
Üstel pointed out that it’s unprecedented for so much black smoke to come from the steam turbines or for five mobile generators to break down at once.
He attended a meeting at Teknecik with key officials, including the General Manager of KIB-TEK, Dalman Aydın, and the head of the Kyrenia Police, Aziz Nizamoğlu. Üstel expressed his concern about potential sabotage and said it would be very upsetting if that were the case. He stressed that neither the public nor they deserve this and wants the police to investigate to find out if anyone is responsible for these issues.
In an earlier report today, Yeniduzen wrote that: The Cyprus Turkish Electricity Authority Employees’ Union (El-Sen) urged political parties and civil society organisations to join forces with them, regarding the pollution being emitted from the Teknecik power plant.
El-Sen President Ahmet Tuğcu made a statement inviting everyone to gather at the Teknecik power plant at 10.am on Monday, August 19th. He said, “Come and see with your own eyes what you already know. Witness how the public’s property is being destroyed and how the machines are being sabotaged to the point that they can no longer produce electricity“.