TCN says one of the four new towers along the Jos-Gombe 330 kilo volt (kV) transmission line collapsed during the cable stringing process.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria says one of the four new towers along the Jos-Gombe 330 kilo volt transmission line collapsed during the cable stringing process.Mbah said the incident affecting its tower 290 occurred at about 7 am.
“Everyday, the contractor, TCN engineers accompanied by security operatives consistently left the site by 10 pm in the night and resumed work at 6 a.m. every day. Mbah said TCN’s contractor was currently dismantling the collapsed tower members to enable reconstruction and final restringing of the cable.
“This morning also, the TCN lines patrol team discovered that tower T540 along the Makurdi – Jos 330kV double circuit transmission line has been vandalised,” she said.
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