Power transmission company, GRIDCo has assured that the Monday collapse of its transmission tower will not have a toll on power distribution in any part of the country.
It said investigations are already ongoing into what it described as an act of ‘vandalism.’
[contextly_sidebar id=”bBLMChqanFpYKAHcF3isP2opeSOu5As9″]The company believes it will take at least 14 days to fix the problem.
One of the transmission towers of the Ghana Grid Company was cut down on Monday dawn resulting in the interruption of power to some areas across the country.
But, Director of System Operations at GRIDCo, Mark Baah said the problem won’t affect the distribution of power.
He also called for an all hands on deck approach with the appropriate authorities to prevent a recurrence.
“It will take us about two weeks minimum [to raise the mast again] We are reorganizing operations so that it doesn’t affect power supply. This has brought a new situation. We have brought in the police and the CID and the security apparatus. And obviously everything possible has to be done collectively to protect every transmission line because as a nation this is a national asset which serves every part of the country and so we need to make it our responsibility”, he said on Eyewitness News.
Meanwhile, the Minister for Energy, John Peter Amewu, has indicated that a committee will be set up to look into the matter.
GRIDCo transmission tower collapses; company suspects vandalism
One transmission tower near the Head office of Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) at Tema fell unto another tower.
Officials of the GRIDCo who discovered the fallen tower noted that the bolts holding the pylon had been loosened causing it to fall over.
Before the discovery, customers from Accra to Kumasi faced power outages.
GRIDCo strongly suspects the collapsing of the pylon at Tema was an act of vandalism and not an attempted theft.
Its Director of Systems Operations, Mark Baah said in an interview with Citi News that: “The tower was actually vandalised. It wasn’t like somebody went to steal but we could see that bolts and nuts have been deliberately cut and we are lost for words as to who would do this.”
“The control centre noticed that there was a fault on the transmission line so when it happened, immediately some customers went off, not only in Accra and Tema but as far as Kumasi. They tried to restore the power and they realized that it was a permanent fault,” he narrated.
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By: Nii Larte Lartey | citinewsroom.com | Ghana | [email protected]
