ETDCO switches on electricity for Urambo, Kaliua residents

TABORA: ELECTRICAL Transmission Distribution Construction and Maintenance Company (ETDCO) has officially switch on electricity in a new 132-kilovolt transmission line spanning 115 kilometres from Tabora to Urambo.

Speaking yesterday in Tabora during the testing of the new transmission line, ETDCO Acting General Manager, Mr Sadock Mugendi, said that the transmission line will help to ensure reliable electricity supply for the residents of Urambo and Kaliua, thereby fostering development activities.

“We express our gratitude to the government and the Ministry of Energy through the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) for trusting us to implement this project and other projects in the country, we assure the public of reliable electricity supply,” said Mr Mugendi.

He said the project was implemented by local experts who had demonstrated their ability to execute power projects on time and without any challenges.

Mr Mugendi further, urged residents in areas where the highvoltage electricity infrastructure passes through, to protect it, as previously emphasised and to refrain from farming in the designated project reserve areas.

“We continue to emphasise to the public not to cultivate or graze livestock in these designated reserve areas, as they have been set aside to protect the electricity infrastructure. They have already been compensated and are not allowed to use these areas because the high-voltage electricity passing through is dangerous to them,” Mr Mugendi stressed.

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He urged the public to take care of the infrastructure, as it has been built at a significant cost.

Mr Mugendi also called on them to continue conserving environment and to refrain from using the reserved areas for farming, since they have already been compensated to pave way for the project.

However, due to the recent rains, some individuals have started cultivating the land again despite being instructed not to do so. Mr Mugendi urged the public to protect the infrastructure, because they have been built at significant costs.

He also encouraged them to continue conserving the environment and to refrain from farming in the reserved areas, as they have already been compensated to pave the way for the project.

However, due to the recent rains, some individuals have resumed cultivation despite being instructed not to do so.