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ZESCO has been urged to quickly connect Chama district to the national grid after completing the construction of 132 kilovolt (Kv) transmission line from Chipata to Chama.
This would help increase economic activities in the area, Chama North Member of Parliament, Yotam Mtayachalo, told Zambia Monitor in Chipata on Tuesday.
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Mtayachalo said the remaining works was for ZESCO to construct substations to enable the power utility firm to transmit the much needed electricity because currently Chama was supplied with erratic and unreliable power from neighboring Eskom, Malawi
He said the challenges were that many areas cannot be connected because of insufficient power supply and besides, the erratic power has continued to affect economic activities more importantly in agricultural production and households.
“My message to ZESCO is that since it has completed a 132kv line from Chipata to Chama what is important is for ZESCO along side the Rural Electrification Authority (REA) to extend power to many productive areas such as Kaozi, Mpalalusenga, Kalinkhu, Mwalala, Muchinga, Mbazi and Nkhankha wards just to mention but a few in order for the line to make economic sense because taking 132kv line without increasing the customer will not make economic sense,” Mtayachalo said.
He said it was important for ZESCO to rise to the occasion and do the needful because Chama was endowed with a lot of natural resources.
Contributed by Julius Phiri
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