By Staff Reporter, Ndola
Northern Technical College students staged riot last night (Wednesday) over the abrupt loadshedding.
The unruly students blocked Kwacha Road in Ndola with burning tires around 20:00hrs leaving motorists with no choice but to use alternatives routes.
Speaking to WM Media, students said Zesco has been inconveniencing them especially during this mock examination period.
Students said on a daily basis they are being affected by loadshedding.
They added that they started writing mock exams last week and anticipate to finnish next week on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, in May this year NORTEC principal, Victor Mulenga, said management had engaged Zesco to find a lasting solution to the constant loadshedding which also affects water supply at Campus.
And in statement, Senior Manager Marketing and Public Relations, Bessie M Banda stated that the current extended load shedding being experienced in some parts of the country has been necessitated by works involving the upgrade of the 220kV line to 330kV between Muzuma and Kafue in readiness for the total evacuation of power from Maamba Collieries power station; the loss of 48MW generation from Ndola Energy Company Limited and reduction of generation at Kafue Gorge Power Station from an average of 700MW to 600MW to manage the water levels.
She stated that ZESCO is committed to providing reliable electricity and is doing everything possible to ensure all transmission and generation constraints are mitigated in the shortest possible time.
“In particular, the line upgrade works will be completed by 11th November 2016, which will strengthen the capacity to evacuate power from Maamba. We expect the extended load shedding to end by 12 November 2016,” she stated.
In view of the foregoing, ZESCO has since appealed to its customers to use electricity efficiently and to use alternative sources of energy where possible.
She stated that ZESCO is committed to providing reliable electricity and is doing everything possible to ensure all transmission and generation constraints are mitigated in the shortest possible time.
“In particular, the line upgrade works will be completed by 11th November 2016, which will strengthen the capacity to evacuate power from Maamba. We expect the extended load shedding to end by 12 November 2016,” she stated.
In view of the foregoing, ZESCO has since appealed to its customers to use electricity efficiently and to use alternative sources of energy where possible.
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And in statement, Senior Manager Marketing and Public Relations, Bessie M Banda stated that the current extended load shedding being experienced in some parts of the country has been necessitated by works involving the upgrade of the 220kV line to 330kV between Muzuma and Kafue in readiness for the total evacuation of power from Maamba Collieries power station; the loss of 48MW generation from Ndola Energy Company Limited and reduction of generation at Kafue Gorge Power Station from an average of 700MW to 600MW to manage the water levels.
She stated that ZESCO is committed to providing reliable electricity and is doing everything possible to ensure all transmission and generation constraints are mitigated in the shortest possible time.
“In particular, the line upgrade works will be completed by 11th November 2016, which will strengthen the capacity to evacuate power from Maamba. We expect the extended load shedding to end by 12 November 2016,” she stated.
In view of the foregoing, ZESCO has since appealed to its customers to use electricity efficiently and to use alternative sources of energy where possible.
She stated that ZESCO is committed to providing reliable electricity and is doing everything possible to ensure all transmission and generation constraints are mitigated in the shortest possible time.
“In particular, the line upgrade works will be completed by 11th November 2016, which will strengthen the capacity to evacuate power from Maamba. We expect the extended load shedding to end by 12 November 2016,” she stated.
In view of the foregoing, ZESCO has since appealed to its customers to use electricity efficiently and to use alternative sources of energy where possible.
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