{"id":25765,"date":"2025-01-23T15:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T15:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25765"},"modified":"2025-01-23T15:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T15:24:15","slug":"gpl-launches-emergency-repairs-after-aubrey-barker-power-outage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/gpl-launches-emergency-repairs-after-aubrey-barker-power-outage\/","title":{"rendered":"GPL Launches Emergency Repairs After Aubrey Barker Power Outage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Nakasia Logan<\/em><br><em>December 13, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Efforts are underway by the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) to restore electricity to residents along Aubrey Barker Road by tonight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The disruption, which occurred on Thursday evening, left hundreds of households in South and North Ruimveldt without power after several utility poles collapsed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to GPL Chief Executive Officer Kesh Nandlall, the company has launched emergency repair operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crews are working tirelessly to replant poles and restore the affected 13.8kV medium-voltage line, which serves the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident occurred around 8:07 p.m. Thursday between Congress Drive and Kaikan Street, extending to the entrance of Festival City. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GPL\u2019s response team determined that ongoing road and drainage works had compromised the foundation of the utility poles, causing them to topple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall noted that four poles initially fell, with additional poles brought down later in the night, resulting in a total of nine fallen poles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the need for contractors to collaborate with utility companies when working near GPL infrastructure to prevent similar incidents in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents have expressed frustration with the outage but acknowledged GPL\u2019s swift response to the situation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many noted the inconvenience caused by the lack of electricity, water, and internet access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One resident, Simon, shared his concerns after witnessing the damage early Friday morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted the importance of improved engineering standards to prevent such occurrences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the challenges, residents like Saiku Andrews expressed gratitude for the efforts of GPL workers, who were seen actively addressing the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GPL continues to urge contractors to communicate with relevant authorities when operating near utility networks to ensure public safety and uninterrupted services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia LoganDecember 13, 2024 Efforts are underway by the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) to restore electricity to residents along Aubrey Barker Road by tonight. The disruption, which&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25765"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25766,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25765\/revisions\/25766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}