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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Malawians are expected to heave a sigh of relief after Electricity Generation Company (Egenco) has announced that part of rehabilitation works at Kapichira Power Station will be completed by this month end.<\/p>\n

The power generating station has been under reconstruction after Tropical Storm Ana-induced rains completely destroyed it, taking away about 130 megawatts from the national grid. Advertisement<\/p>\n

Egenco spokesperson Moses Gwaza said, in an interview on Saturday, that the company\u2019s earlier announcement in December last year\u2014 that partial restoration of the station will be completed by February\u2014 still holds.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have started testing our turbines and, by this month end, we should be able to start partial generation of 50 percent of power,\u201d Gwaza said.<\/p>\n

He further said continued rainfall has been a challenge facing rehabilitation works. Advertisement \u201cBecause of the rains, we have had to stop working and continue afterwards.<\/p>\n

We are working day and night to ensure we catch up on lost time. We have started the commission phase, which includes testing systems of the machines and civil structures,\u201d Gwaza said.<\/p>\n

Gwaza was earlier quoted as saying the company would use about K18 billion in the first phase of the restoration of Kapichira. \u201cThe first phase will involve constructing temporary cofferdam around the mouth of the damaged fuse plug and redirecting water to the intake to resume power generation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Gwaza said the second phase will involve reconstructing the dam structure with an improved design that will be resilient to floods the country is experiencing as a result of climate change and catchment area degradation.<\/p>\n

A welder in Blantyre\u2019s Chilomoni Township, Aaron Menyanji, while applauding Egenco for the news, urged the company to fast-track the works so that power is restored.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is good news to business operators like me, who have been suffering because of persistent blackouts. But we are looking for 100 percent supply of electricity. As such, we want Egenco to fast-track the process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Egenco then announced that rehabilitation works at the station would take at least eight months. Speaking at an investment summit at Bingu International Convention Centre in Lilongwe last September, President Lazarus Chakwera assured Malawians that electricity would be restored at Kapichira before Christmas.<\/p>\n

But when members of Natural Resources and Climate Change Committee of Parliament visited the plant in November last year, they realised that rehabilitation works had just begun. Egenco said this was a result of change in designs.<\/p>\n

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