Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Energy website crashed on Tuesday due to high number of people visiting the website to get information on new fuel prices that will be announced at 2pm.
The website has not been working since morning and will be rectified soon, a Ministry of Energy official said when enquired about the problem.
"The website is down because of the heavy traffic. We are working on it to resolve the issue," said an official. The new fuel prices expected to be announced at 2 pm.
Diesel prices are likely to decrease where as petrol prices will go up due to deregulation of fuel prices. The Ministry of Energy said that the new move will boost the economy and discourage people from using public transport.
People have been checking the website and twitter handle of the Ministry of Energy to get the latest information on prices.
The Ministry of Energy announced on Twitter that the fuel prices of August will be announced today after 2 pm on its Website