Long periods of power outages which had lasted more than 24 hours have persisted in some parts of The Gambia, a month after the national utility company vowed this energy crisis would be over by mid June.
In some areas such as the seaside town Brufut, the blockout went on for more than 40 hours after the supply of electricity which was haphazard in the last few weeks was cut for 42 hours.
Residents have been left complaining about the situation which has also adversely affected access to water too. An increasng number of most urban households depend on energy-powered boreholes for access to potable water given the unmet demands by the national utility company.
The National Water and Electricity Company in a statement on Sunday described it as an unplanned power supply interruption after a technical fault on one of its feeders.
While its technical teams are working diligently to restore normal supply, towns affected by this situation include Brufut and its satellites of Tranquil, Brusubi, Brufut Heights, Brufut Gardens, Ghana Town, Madiyana and Baynyaka.
Other parts of Gambia affected are Lamin Koto and Wassu where electricity supply would be cut for t least ten hours on Tuesday.
The energy crisis came to a head by the end of May when greater parts of urban Gambia were plunged into protracted hours of load-shedding which was blamed on damages to Nawec distribution machineries.
This had prompted public protests decrying torrid times for hospitals, homes and business caused by protracted outages which have persisted two months on.