Vehicle damages ECD pole causes widespread outage – GPL

The Guyana Power and Light said that a vehicle collided with a utility pole at Coldingen at 01:45 hrs yesterday causing damage to the pole and line hardware resulting in widespread power outage affecting consumers from Goedverwagting to Bygeval.

According to a press release, the pole carried conductors for the two man feeders supplying the East Coast Demerara.

GPL said in the release that power is gradually being restored to