By Maya Gebeily, Thomson Reuters Foundation
6 Min Read Poorer Iraqis struggle to cope with power cuts Better-off residents bypass blackouts with generators
BEIRUT, July 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - No strangers to temperatures above 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit), Iraqis are adept at finding ways to stay cool in summer. But a spate of recent power cuts has exposed a deep divide between the heatwave haves and have-nots.
While relatively well-off residents of the capital, Baghdad, can afford generators that crank into action when the national grid falters, others have been struggling to cope without air-conditioning, fridges and electric fans for days.
Government employee Sadiq Sadkan pays about $200 per month to access a generator supplying his middle-class neighbourhood during blackouts, which worsen amid surging summer demand.
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