The rainstorm experienced on the morning of Monday, May 6, 2024, has caused some destruction of property and has also affected electricity supply as some poles and cables were brought down in the early morning occurrence.
The Tema Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana reports of fallen poles and cables after they were hit by a ripped roof and another by the material used for billboards.
In Aviation New York for instance, a low voltage pole had its cables torn due to a ripped roof that hit it.
At Gbetsile, a high tension pole fell with its accompanying cables. Both instances got some customers off electricity supply as the maintenance teams of the power distribution company have gotten to work to fix all such faults.
With the onset of the rains, the Public Relations Officer for ECG in Tema Region, Sakyiwaa Mensah, appealed to the general public to “ensure their safety during rainstorms by staying away from exposed cables hanging from poles or lying on the ground, broken poles, and to also report any such destruction to ECG”.
