Residents of Bartica are set to endure more blackouts as the expected transfer of a generator from Berbice to the town has been delayed.
Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson announced yesterday at a press conference that while there are three major units in Bartica, one was taken down two weeks ago for a scheduled major overhaul. While it was down, one of the two remaining ones developed a fault, which resulted in the town being supplied with electricity from one generator.
“As an interim measure, we’ve moved a set from Onverwagt, Berbice,” Patterson said. However, while it was slated to arrive at 10.30AM yesterday and should’ve been up and running by the afternoon, Bartica Mayor Gifford Marshall told Stabroek News that the unit had been delayed because of the condition of a key trail. “It might come tomorrow at lunch and from what I understand is that because it is coming from Berbice, they had to bring it through the trail and because of the state of the trail it had been delayed,” Marshall pointed out.
