A hailstorm has destroyed Zesco Limited power installations in Kabwe district, Central Province, leaving some residential areas without electricity and water.<\/p>\n
Central Province Permanent Secretary, Milner Mwanakampwe, said at a media briefing in Kabwe that the heavy rains, which were experienced on Saturday, left a trail of destruction to households and institutional property.<\/p>\n
Dr Mwanakampwe said a number of power transmission lines in Chimanimani, Pollen, Ngungu and Mukobeko areas were damaged, with some houses and churches equally having their roofs blown-off.<\/p>\n
“I can confirm that most of Zesco poles and installations were affected by the storm, resulting in some areas not having both electricity and water,” he said.<\/p>\n
Dr Mwanakampwe said the power utility company, Zesco, is working round the clock to restore power in all affected areas.<\/p>\n
He noted that the power problem has also affected the Lukanga Water Supply and Sanitation Company.<\/p>\n
He said some residential areas such as Mpima and Mine Township have not had water for two days due to the destruction of electrical installations.<\/p>\n
Dr Mwanakampwe, however, assured the residents of Kabwe that Zesco and Lukanga Water Supply and Sanitation Company\u00a0were working hard to restore electricity and water supply in the district.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Dr Mwanakampwe has said the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU), under the Office of the Vice-President, was compiling data on the extent of the damage and that a comprehensive statement will be issued on the matter soon.<\/p>\n
Dr Mwanakampwe has since urged affected members of the public, whose houses were damaged, to report to the DMMU for possible assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A hailstorm has destroyed Zesco Limited power installations in Kabwe district, Central Province, leaving some residential areas without electricity and water. Central Province Permanent Secretary, Milner Mwanakampwe, said at a media briefing in Kabwe that the heavy rains, which were experienced on Saturday, left a trail of destruction to households and institutional property. Dr Mwanakampwe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-onlyzanis","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1507,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505\/revisions\/1507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanis.gov.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}