Sections of Georgetown were once again without power for several hours yesterday and the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) says it was caused by damaged line hardware on their network on Water Street.
According to a GPL media release, at 8.30 am yesterday, some customers within Kingston, Queenstown, North and South Cummingsburg, Prashad Nagar, Bel Air Park, Kitty and Alberttown experienced an interruption in the supply of electricity as a result of burnt switches on the network within the vicinity of Water Street.
The release also noted that in an effort to effect comprehensive restorative work, additional circuits were de-energised at 1.38 pm, which affected customers within the aforementioned areas, who did not experience the disturbance around 8.30 am and also customers within Robbstown, Lacytown and Stabroek.
It added that emergency services supported by their network technicians worked together and around 2 pm power was restored to Prashad Nagar, Kitty, Bel Air Park, Queenstown and Alberttown. This was followed by Kingston, some sections of North and South Cummingsburg having power restored at 3.50 pm. All remaining areas were subsequently repowered at 4.10 pm. On Wednesday, large sections of Georgetown also endured long hours without power and the power company had stated that it was caused by damaged line hardware on the network in Kingston.
