- Escom’s Officials have started fixing the damaged electricity infrastructure affected by Cyclone Freddy.
- Cyclone Freddy rendered the country to an hour of electricity a day.
Officials from Escom have started fixing damaged electricity infrastructure and restoring power in some of the areas affected by Cyclone Freddy, an exceptionally long-lived storm that tracked across the Indian Ocean.
Cyclone Freddy knocked down the infrastructure, rendering the country to an hour of electricity a day. Water taps also dried up three days ago because, authorities said, water machines failed to pump water because of lack of electricity.
Escom spokesperson Kitty Chingota said they have started fixing high voltage lines and supplying them to essential service providers such as hospitals and the water boards before moving to localised faults.
She was optimistic that the restoration works would be completed within three days. “The weather is far much better now, and we can work under these conditions. The good thing is we are ensuring that the lines we are working on do not have power supply at that time,” said Chingota.
Cyclone Freddy has now killed 225 people in the southern Africa region.