Blackout immerses tourism hotspot bali in the darkness because the authorities blame disorders in underwater cables

According to the state utility company, the power was restored on Friday after a blackout on Friday reached the popular tourist destination in Bali on Friday.

The failure of the Indonesian government on a disturbance of the cables of the underwater cables hit a number of regions of Bali, the local time, Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Pln) from 4 p.m.

Pln said that the electricity was completely returned to Bali early Saturday morning.

The island airport was also influenced by the failure, but an in -depth and outgoing air traffic continued to use backup generators.

According to local media, there were reports of confusion about Bali most guided motorways during the rush hour on Friday evening after the traffic light systems had dropped.

Images that were shared on social media showed that road traffic in Bali caused by the failure and long lines on the airport’s check-in switches.

Others showed that parts of the island had fallen into the dark when the residents waited for the return of electricity.

The power supply began to return a few hours after the power failure.

“State Utility Pln managed to restore most of the power supply in Bali,” said spokesman for President Prabowo Subianto, Prasetyo Hadi, in a statement on Friday.

“God wants, connection in Bali will be completely restored this evening (Friday evening),” he said.

Pln priorified the restoration of electricity to important infrastructure such as government offices, hospitals, airport and hotels, said Hadi.

The failure was caused by disorders in the underwater cables that connect the electricity system in Bali with Java Island and trigger power outages in several areas in Bali.

According to the island’s statistics office, Bali, the main tourist center in Indonesia, had 6.3 million foreign visitors last year.

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