Thursday, May 18, 2017

Tanesco calms fears over damaged facilities
TANZANIA Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) has
allayed fears that damage caused to some of its infrastructure by hostile
weather will spell unreliable power supply.
It’s Kilimanjaro
Regional Manager, Engineer Mahawa Mkaka, said here yesterday that, the utility
firm has put in place a competent team to ensure that customers get quality,
24-hour power service around the clock.
The reassurance has
been prompted by anxiety that damage caused by rain, wind and flooding– in the
wake of the rain season may occasion misery and doom. Eng Mkaka called on customers
to furnish Tanesco authorities with information on impairment of
infrastructure, to facilitate swift responses, to ensure that they enjoy the
critical service for which they were paying.
He said within one
week alone, more than 10 electricity poles along the main supply line were
felled, but they were restored by a special regional emergency team, and
disrupted power supply was restored.
“Heavy rain has
damaged power infrastructure, as it is associated with powerful winds that lead
to trees or their branches falling on poles or electric wires, and consequently
disrupting power supply. However, our standby emergency team has been offering
prompt, efficient service,” he said.
The senior Tanesco
official advised members of the public to take precautionary measures that
include keeping a safe distance from power infrastructure such as transformers,
and avoiding to conduct activities like trade under high-tension wires. He also
advised them against tampering with sensitive items lying on the ground.
The Regional Public
Relations Officer, Mr Samwel Mandari, said one of the major challenges the
company faced was poor roads in the countryside, which hampered easy movement
whenever its technical staff went there to conduct maintenance work or to
respond to emergencies.
Meanwhile, ABBY
NKUNGU reports from Singida that the power utility firm has suspended its
services to three government departments and forced two others to sign a
special agreement over failure to settle outstanding monthly bills to the tune
of over 741.5m/-.
The Tanesco Regional
Manager, Eng Gamba Maugira, named the departments as the Police Force, Prisons
and the Singida Municipal Council.
He said that the
original bill for the Police Force was over 148. 8m/- but currently stood at
146. 9m/- after paying 1.9m/, while the municipal council’s debt is 8.3m/-,
after paying 5.7m/-. Prisons’ debts stands at 6.3m/- .
Eng Maugira further
explained that the Singida Urban Water and Sanitation Authority (SUWASA) whose
outstanding bill was more than 520m/- , had reduced it to 473m/- after paying
47m/-.
Eng Gamba Maugira
explained however that services to SUWASA had not been suspended, but instead,
they had entered into a special agreement under which they would pay 20m/- per
month until the debt was offset, and simultaneously paying their monthly bills.
He explained that
the Singida Regional hospital’s debt stood at 17m/- , but Tanesco hadn’t
suspended power supply, because the management had demonstrated a sincere
commitment to clear the debt.
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