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Power transmission project for SGR trains now 94 pct complete
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May 16, 2020
16
May 2020
Correspondent
Morogoro
Business
The Guardian
Power transmission project for SGR trains now 94 pct complete
WORK on the power transmission line project that will transmit electricity for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) trains is now 94 percent complete and will be finalised by the end of this month – May 2020.
This was revealed by the Minister for Energy, Dr Medard Kalemani in Morogoro Region during his inspection visit of the power transmission infrastructure for high voltage electricity, saying he was pleased with the project’s pace.
He said the completion of the project will in a large measure contribute to the country’s economy by increasing the country’s revenue as more power will be bought from the power utility – Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) and the Tanzania Railways corporation will reduce the cost for buying fuel for its locomotives.
The power transmission line will pass through four centres along SGR line – Pugu in Dar es Salaam Region, Ruvu in Coast Region Kidugallo and Kinguliwira in Morogoro Region.
“The project will be completed within the time agreed by the project’s contract because already 450 out of the 455 pylons have already been erected and the remaining five are still in various stage of construction, hence before the end of this month (May) the project will be completed,” Dr Kalemani said.
He said the project is the first of its kind in East Africa, to be followed by Kenya which will start in 2021 and Uganda in 2025.
The project has cost more than 72.6b/- and the contractor has been paid in time.
Dr Kalemani also visited Mtibwa sugar factory where he said the government has set aside 1.2b/- for the construction of power line to be used by the sugar factory alone.
He said the power line is expected to be completed in six months time beginning this month (May 2020) and will assist the sugar factory get reliable power needs for the next five years.
He said as of now Mtibwa Sugar factory gets 5 to 8 MW of power but sometimes the power becomes weak due to long transmission distance and added that there have been frequent outages that have been causing damage to the machinery.
The factory was built in 1954 and started production in 1963 up to now. It has the capacity to produce 200 up to 350 tonnes of sugar per day and the target is to produce 1,000 tonnes per day as they are making improvements to the infrastructures including power infrastructures.