Gulf Today, 6 July 2025: The Sharjah Electricity, Water, and Gas Authority (SEWA) and the Sharjah Municipality have launched an innovative electronic linkage system to facilitate automatic service connections.

This system activation follows the authentication of rental contracts by the Sharjah Municipality, which integrates into SEWA’s services seamlessly. These include the automatic closure of accounts once a clearance certificate is provided by the Sharjah Municipality.

As part of this new system, on authenticating a rental contract, new subscribers receive a text message indicating the required deposit. Once this deposit is paid, services are automatically connected, eliminating the need for any further subscriber intervention.

This will simplify new tenants’ access to essential utilities.

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