BY: FATHIMATH LAUZA,
STELCO has voiced worry about the likelihood of power outages in three areas of the city since the Male’ City Council has not allocated the necessary space for the installation of the new transformers.
STELCO stated in a statement that it has repeatedly petitioned the local authority to grant space for the installation of additional transformers at three substations located in three separate regions of the city. So yet, the firm has gotten no reaction to the letters.
STELCO stated that the new transformers will be erected in the gaakoshi, Sinamale’ 2 plots substation, the substation in front of the parking zone opposite Majidia School, and the substation near to the merchants’ mosque.
Due to overload, the 630 KVA transformer placed inside the Sinamale’ 2 plot has already been forced to transfer some of its load to other neighboring transformers, according to Stelco. The load has now reached the transfer transformer, which is near to overloading, and we have formally asked that the local authority purchase property for the substation to erect an extra transformer on May 2, 2021,” stelco added.
Stelco further said that the 630 KVA transformer erected on the site of the merchants’ mosque and the surrounding parking zone is 81% used. The municipal body had issued a letter to the civic body on September 13, 2021, requesting that it give property for the expansion of the substation, according to stelco.
Stelco further said that the 630 KVA transformer erected on the site of the merchants’ mosque and adjacent parking zone is 81% used. The civic body had issued a letter to the civic body on September 13, 2021, urging it to give property for substation expansion, according to stelco.
Since the following few days are summer and fasting months, and these transformers may overload and cause power outages, these lands should be settled as soon as possible,” stelco stated in a statement.
The Male’ City Council has disputed that the local body has not given space for the transformers’ installation. The council has requested that stelco surrender the land from all three regions.
However, the civic authority stated that STELCO wanted the lands registered with them and that it would already have sub-stations in various sections of the city. According to the council, several of the plots have even been converted into two-story structures, and none have been registered with STELCO.
According to the council, some of the constructions are two stories high and have not been registered with STELCO. According to the Male’ City Council, the land can only be registered if the necessary processes have been followed.