Lethem residents began receiving an extended power supply yesterday after a part that broke on one of the generators was fixed.
While there was no official word from the Lethem Power Company, President of the Rupununi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) Jacqueline D’Aguiar told Stabroek News that her section began receiving electricity from 10 am yesterday and up to 5pm power was still on. Since Thursday, the community was restricted to six hours of electricity daily as different sections received electricity on a rotating basis.
Region Nine Chairman Wilson Lorentino had told Stabroek News that the electricity supply in Lethem was expected to be stabilised by Saturday afternoon as a part which was flown out of the
