9 June, 2005: A day to remember & prepare.....

I was busy the whole day in Sharjah and by 8pm only did i know of the Great Black-out in Dubai. Dubai is the commercial check-point of UAE and the Middle-East or better if said "The World".

The Black-Out was from 9:30 - 5:30 (appro.). The cause was some kind of mal-function in the turbines at the Power station.

So far all the reports have just re-affirmed the fact that the black-out was really a strong one. But the officials as usual claimed that everything was in control. The black-out had an estimated loss of OVER 300 Million Dirham. This was indeed a major blow to the growth of Dubai after the Accident at the Dubai Airport (on 27 Sept,2004) that was Suspected as an Al-Qaeda Activity, which left over 70 dead & 100+ trapped within(which again the Dubai Govt denied, saying that only 5 dead & 12 injured).

The causalities caused by the Black-out

• The newspaper & other reports say that many flights at the Dubai Airport was cancelled (including the flagship Airlines of Dubai - Emirates). But the Officials claimed that there was no cancellation of Flights. And not to mention the Chaos that the airport under went.

• There was a major collapse in the Cellphone services following the power cut which exposed the vulnerability of Etisalat (the country's lone telecom operator). Usually in other countries, the Cellphone services is NEVER affect irrespective of how massive the Black-out is.Over a million cell phone users remained out-of-service for hours. Only the land-line was working.The worse was when Etisalat gave out an Official statement saying: "Cell phone, fixed line and internet network continued to function with normal efficiency during the power supply outage in the city of Dubai. This is the result of the highest precautions taken by the corporation with regard to electric power across its buildings and locations. The available back-ups in Etisalat ensured excellent delivery of services, without interruption during the unscheduled power outage."
  

• The banks and all kinds of organisations in Dubai came to a stand-still.
  

I really don't understand whom are these Govt officials trying to fool by giving out all kind of fabricated statements.
Well, here is my piece of advice to Dubai Govt officials.

"By shouting out a Lie the Truth NEVER cease"