As poles lean, GPL cautions vehicle, equipment operators

The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) on Sunday posted a notice on its social media page to remind contractors and heavy-duty machinery operators of the importance in exercising caution when operating machinery in close proximity to GPL’s network infrastructure. According to GPL, it has recorded two separate incidents in recent days at Good Hope and Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD) where heavy duty machinery damaged poles, transformers and other critical components of the electricity network.

The entity noted that the incidents not only disrupted electricity supply and inconvenienced consumers but also created significant safety hazards to the public.
GPL added that, to avoid such recurrences, contractors should exercise extreme caution with machinery and equipment near its network infrastructure, as well as to be aware of and obey all safety signage and barriers installed around work zones.
Not long after the post, another post showed a Mahaicony advisory of power disruption when a truck came into contact with the network, causing a number of poles to lean and burst mains.