Malakal Town Electricity Supply Restored
Electricity supply in Malakal town residential areas has been restored following the appointment of a new Physical Infrastructure and Rural Development Minister Molana Elijah Liej Bany. 21 March 2013 By Ariik Atekdit MALAKAL, 21 March 2013 [Gurtong] – The minister said the government has worked hard to bring back the service to the people because it is very important for their daily activities. “Electricity has been there all this time in the generators at the power station. But there have been some technical problems with some machines at the station. When I came to the office I tried to investigate the problems and diagnose them. So now we have power once again in Malakal,” Liej announced. “There were problems in the power network. We have no controlling machine and we are planning to bring it soon. We have brought in the spare parts and repaired the problems,” said Liej. Liej said his ministry is planning to make a new power station with three new generators that will top up the old power station and supply light to every corner in Malakal town. “Three generators were brought here two years ago but there were no transformers because they have very high power that needs to be transformed first. We would not use them because it would be risking. We have now contracted Ayat Company to make the preparation for all these and soon it will happen,” he said. “I will tomorrow travel to Paloch to receive three transformers, switch gears and equipment that the station needs. They are coming directly from Dubai by two planes to increase our electricity in the state,” he added. Liej asked the residents and the power consumers to use it diligently to avoid any technical shortcoming this time. The minister said it is not correct to take electricity from your neighbour illegally without informing the technicians responsible at the station, adding that “such illegal practices affect the machines in the station and can take the town to darkness again.” “These illegal connections are the diseases to the generators because they go against the setting of power,” he said. He urged the residents to be committed to paying their monthly bill because without that the government cannot afford the fuel and other needs altogether. “This is not the last we are going to make many surprises. We will transform Malakal muddy roads into a city of better roads. We came here to work and serve our people,” Liej said. Posted in: Home, Business, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
