GPL begins repairs after Sunday’s freak storm

GPL crews effecting repairs on the Corentyne yesterday.

Crews from the Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) were yesterday working feverishly to restore power to areas on the Corentyne that had been hit by a freak storm on Sunday.

At Kiltern and Number 61 Village, crews were yesterday observed repairing and installing new poles and Regional Chair-man David Armogan told Stabroek News that power had been restored to villages on the upper Coren-tyne after nearly 8 hours of outage.

Meanwhile, many villagers were still in a state of shock and were