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ZESCO completes work on Kariba power station
- Supply resumes to affected customers
- Load shedding had gone on for two weeks
The state-owned electricity utility company Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) has resumed supply to areas affected by a two-week load shedding schedule. The ZESCO issued an outage schedule to carry out maintenance works on the Kariba North power station. The load shedding, which affecting customers within the Kariba North area, lasted for four hours daily.
ZESCO Spokesperson Henry Kapata announced the completion of maintenance works ahead of the planned deadline and thanked consumers for their patience during the outage period. “We are now at 100% done with maintenance works at the Kariba North Bank power station, a day before the deadline. We, therefore, thank all our customers for understanding the need to carry out the maintenance works. Special thanks to Engineering students at Copperbelt University for taking interest in the maintenance works”, Kapata said.