Residents of Almaty have been warned of possible power outages, with the release of a schedule of planned maintenance work on the city's power grids for the week of October 19-24, covering dozens of streets and neighborhoods, infohub.kz reports.
Alatau Zharyk Kompaniyasy JSC explained that power outages during such work are not guaranteed. Electricity supply may be temporarily suspended if consumers cannot be switched to another power source.
"A schedule of planned maintenance work on specific sections of city and regional power lines is published weekly, with possible but not mandatory power outages in the listed areas," the company said in a statement.
On October 19, maintenance work is planned on Abakanskaya, Bayanaulskaya, Zhangeldin, Musorgsky, Natarov, Nusupbekov and Potanin streets. The list also includes Aiteke bi, Gogol, Isayev, Zheltoksan and Kurmangazy streets.
On October 20, restrictions are possible on Zhandosov, Satpayev, Turkebayev and Turgut Ozal streets, as well as in the Shanyrak-1 and Ulzhan-1 neighborhoods.
On October 21, work will affect certain sections of Shevchenko, Mukanov, Zhambyl and Baizakov streets. The schedule also lists Luganskogo, Begalin and Uzhgorodskaya streets.
On October 22, repairs are planned on Bogenbai batyr, Aimanov, Tole bi and Umbetbayev streets. Possible restrictions are also listed for the Samgau, Ak-Tobe and Altai neighborhoods.
On October 23, work will be carried out on certain sections of Dosmukhamedov, Kazybek bi, Sharipov and Rozybakiyev streets. The list also includes the Karagaily and Akzhar neighborhoods.
The company noted that the repairs are needed to improve the quality of power supply and include clearing wires of foreign objects and partially replacing grid components.
The full schedule with addresses and times of the work has been published on the website of Alatau Zharyk Kompaniyasy JSC.