{"id":60262,"date":"2020-06-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/60262\/edl-puts-up-new-barriers-more-electricity-cuts-to-come"},"modified":"2020-06-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T00:00:00","slug":"edl-puts-up-new-barriers-more-electricity-cuts-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/60262\/edl-puts-up-new-barriers-more-electricity-cuts-to-come\/","title":{"rendered":"EDL Puts Up New Barriers, More Electricity Cuts To Come?"},"content":{"rendered":"Amid an already chaotic electricity schedule in the country, Lebanese people are anticipating more power cuts as Electricit\u00e9 du Liban surrounds itself with new barriers.<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><i>Editorial Purpose:<\/b> We are sharing this piece of content to keep you in the loop on the latest happenings in the country.<\/i><br \/>  <br \/>  The company has recently put up barbed wire to protect its premises after continuous attempts by protestors to barge inside. This comes after extremely irregular power cuts several times a day in Beirut and across the country. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They reinforced the gates of EDL in Gemayzeh today, which can only mean even longer power shortages are upon us. The logic of state security will soon gift us metal gates at bakeries and pharmacies. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UhefTlTPrT\">pic.twitter.com\/UhefTlTPrT<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Lara Bitar (@LaraJBitar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaraJBitar\/status\/1274775986186354688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  It&#8217;s bad enough that we have learned to live with orderly electricity cuts, but now that they&#8217;ve become unexpected, people are furious again. But why would they resolve the power crisis when they can just put up barriers, right?<br \/>  <br \/>  Do you think EDL&#8217;s new barriers are an indication that more power cuts are coming our way?<br \/>  <br \/>  More like this: <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/59145\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Wall Of Shame: They&#8217;re Building A Fence Around Parliament<\/a><\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/60012\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">LOL: BLOM Bank Branch Barricaded Up<br \/>  <\/a><\/b>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid an already chaotic electricity schedule in the country, Lebanese people are anticipating more power cuts as Electricit\u00e9 du Liban surrounds itself with new 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