Power restored after outage hits parts of Male’

Power was restored on Saturday to parts of Male’ City affected by an outage that lasted approximately an hour.

The power went out at around 11:00 am.

According to State Electric Company (STELCO), the power went out in buildings located in Koarikendi Magu, Binhima Goalhi and Badifasgandu Magu.

The state utility company said the outage resulted from “an issue with an electricity cable”.

In a post on X at 12:14 pm, STELCO announced that it had fixed the issue and restored power to all affected areas.

“We apologized for the inconvenience this caused,” added the company.

މައްސަލަ ހައްލުކޮށް ކަރަންޓުގެ ހިދުމަތް މެދުކެނޑުނު ސަރަހައްދުތަކަށް މިހާރު ވަނީ އަލުން ކަރަންޓު ދެވިފައި. ދިމާވި ދަތިތަކަށް މަޢާފަށް އެދެން. https://t.co/hZJZktXoXA

— STELCO (@STELCOMALDIVES) May 16, 2026

The latest incident comes with the greater Male’ area affected by multiple outages in recent weeks. This includes one in a large part of Hulhumale’ Phase II on April 25 due to damage to a high-voltage cable.

An investigation by STELCO uncovered that the original damage was concealed by road workers using tape, instead of reporting it for proper repair.