Without internet and in the heat: power outages cause disruption in three cities in AM

Municipality of Itapiranga, in Amazonas Disclosure/City Hall of Itapiranga Residents and traders in Itacoatiara, Itapiranga and Silves faced disruptions on Sunday (26) during a scheduled electricity shutdown in the interior of Amazonas. The interruption was necessary for the installation of a new transformer at the Silves MTE Substation, according to concessionaire Âmbar Energia. The company reported that the shutdown was communicated to consumers in advance and that the supply was restored in the late afternoon of the same day. In Itapiranga, merchant Gidelias Paz reported difficulties receiving payments during the period without power, due to the lack of internet connection. He also said that he needed to increase bread production to serve the population, as other bakeries had their operations affected. ? Join the g1 AM channel on WhatsApp "We worked twice as hard yesterday, because many bakeries were going to close because they didn't have an oven like ours, which is powered by wood. We tried to make as much bread as possible to meet the needs of the people of Itapiranga. The biggest difficulty was the lack of internet. To receive payments, there was no connection," he said.