- The Mozambican authorities are working with the Indian contractor engaged to work on the 142km Mozambique-Malawi high voltage transmission line to accelerate the current pace of progress.
- The contract was awarded to Larson & Toubro (L&T) in April 2022 who is responsible for construction of the line inside Mozambique territory. Read more
The director of Electrification and Projects at Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), Cláudio Dambe, has acknowledged that progress was so far disappointing, which is why an action plan had been drawn up. Dambe indicated that a first evaluation of this plan could be carried out this month, saying: “Right now we have technicians on the ground to assess what has really been done, and I believe that we will have the results in the next few days.”
The source also acknowledged that delays had occurred not only in Mozambique but also on the Malawian side, but that the situation was most serious here.
“There is indeed a delay in Malawi, but what happens is that in Mozambique the length of the line is twice as long as in the neighbouring country and the contractor is the same, which is why the problems that occur on the other side of the border are also being addressed,” he explained.
Dambe said that the delays in Mozambique were not at all attributed to the Indian contractor, mainly because right at the beginning of the project there was a need to hire a specialised company for demining, and that the line had to cross an area reserved for mining exploration, requiring negotiation with the concessionaire.He acknowledged however that, after this phase, the contractor’s slowness in carrying out the work was noticeable.
Mozambique is set to export 50MW of power to Malawi once the line has been commissioned. Read more
Author: Bryan Groenendaal
Content source: Notícias
