Students sent home amid Male’ area power outage

School students have been sent back home amid a sudden power outage in Male’ and Hulhumale’.

The power went out at approximately 12:30pm this afternoon. This coincides with the start of the afternoon session.

While it has been over two hours since then, the power has not been restored.

As such, school students have been sent back home instead of proceeding with classes.

The sudden power outage in Male’ and Hulhumale’ affected critical building facilities as hospitals. However, power has since been restored to Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) and Dharumavantha Hospital with special priority.

The power outage is now the subject of a special investigation by the police, after President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, who is currently in Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage, instructed relevant authorities to investigate the blackout as a serious issue.

“The government will do everything necessary to ascertain uninterrupted electricity services and ensure this does not repeat,” he said in a post on X.

STELCO has said that it is working on restoring power as soon as possible.