Much needed repairs on generator sets that power towns in the hinterland are among the immediate public infrastructure priorities of the new People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government.
Following the revelation that Matthews Ridge had been without power for months, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill on Wednesday said that the ministry decided to assess all the other generator sets in the hinterland.
“When we arrived at the ministry, the seven areas that are being served by generated power in the Hinterland Electricity Programme, those generators have not been adequately maintained and serviced and there was an immediate request for $281 million, almost $282 million, to carry out much needed repairs on these generators,” he said.
