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The residents who said no to the ‘generator mafia’

Despite measures adopted in 2017, a large portion of Lebanon’s residents pay exorbitant amounts to private generator owners every month. Is this unavoidable? Some say no.

The residents who said no to the ‘generator mafia’

Private generators in the suburbs of Beirut. (Credit: Nathalie Naccache)

In Achrafieh, as in other neighborhoods of Beirut, people dread the monthly visit of the private generator bill collector.Installed since the Civil War, these neighborhood generators were supposed to compensate for the sporadic cuts in power...

In Achrafieh, as in other neighborhoods of Beirut, people dread the monthly visit of the private generator bill collector.Installed since the Civil War, these neighborhood generators were supposed to compensate for the sporadic cuts in power...Ces clients qui ont dit non à la « mafia des générateurs »...