Jirama subscribers have run out of patience. Customers of the utility company took to the streets to express their anger over incessant power cuts in recent days. Residents of Andraharo demonstrated yesterday evening. With whistles, burning tires, and road blockades, these users are demanding the restoration of electricity supply. In this neighborhood, power cuts are reportedly very frequent. "We joined the protesters because the situation has become unbearable. Every month or every two months, the same scenario repeats itself. The network is repaired then breaks down again," testified one protester. The latest outage occurred on Sunday. "Following Jirama's intervention on Monday, power was only partially restored. The electricity wasn't even capable of charging our phones. Faced with this situation, we decided to protest, which immediately prompted Jirama to respond urgently," the source continued. The day before, another protest related to power cuts erupted in Alakamisy Fenoarivo. Angry residents blocked traffic, forcing road users to make long detours. "To get home, we were forced to make a big detour through Ambatomirahavavy because residents of an Alakamisy Fenoarivo village were blocking the road to protest against power cuts," testified a Vontovorona resident. While the protest has not yet spread to other RIA neighborhoods, tension is palpable and anger is growing. Residents of several neighborhoods say they are ready to follow suit and take to the streets over power cuts. "The current situation offers a sad sense of déjà-vu. Electricity is cut for long hours at night, then in the morning, when we need it most to prepare for work," said an Ambohimangakely resident. On Jirama's Facebook page where official power cut information is published, the company mentions technical failures as the source of current outages in the RIA. "A broken electrical cable at Avaradoha is causing a power cut in areas supplied by line No. 25," it stated to justify the outages. Work to straighten an inclined electrical pole presenting a risk at Anosiarivo reportedly forced Jirama to suspend electricity supply in areas fed by the TNNO line yesterday. A failure was also reported on line D1. There is no other information about yesterday's outages, except for the announcement of rotating 45-minute daily power cuts following maintenance work on the DG2 generator at the Afripower Mandroseza power plant. These works, scheduled to last until Saturday, July 4, 2026, are causing a significant production deficit in the RIA, Jirama admitted.