{"id":4543,"date":"2021-08-17T16:10:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T16:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?p=4543"},"modified":"2021-08-17T15:24:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T15:24:53","slug":"overloaded-utility-poles-scare-residents-of-chamanculo-maputo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/overloaded-utility-poles-scare-residents-of-chamanculo-maputo","title":{"rendered":"Overloaded utility poles scare residents of Chamanculo, Maputo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\">Mozambique<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Maputo\u2019s Chamanculo neighbourhood is awash with dangerous electrical connections. Residents are scared, but Electricidade de Mo\u00e7ambique (EDM) says that the problem is due to the disorganised streets.<\/p>\n<p>Last Thursday, 22 houses were consumed by a fire allegedly caused by a short circuit. All these residences were in a plot measuring 40 by 20 metres, where previously one single house stood.<\/p>\n<p>All of the burned down homes \u2013 and more besides \u2013 were fed by the same electricity distribution pole in the centre of the space. This utility pole is in turn powered by another one, which scares the residents of Chamanculo D.<\/p>\n<p>Andr\u00e9 Muhave, a resident of one of the houses, told \u2018O Pa\u00eds\u2019 that the pole had already given off sparks more than twice. \u201cWe called EDM, and they came to fix it, but it made them [sparks] again. We were all scared,\u201d he narrated.<\/p>\n<p>This fear has grown following the fire, which Andr\u00e9 Muhave and his neighbours believe was caused, in part, by the overloading of the pole. In fact, of the 22 houses, only three had a contract with EDM; the rest were supplied via neighbours, through clandestine connections. In such a situation, nobody considers the danger of overloading poles, as Muhave himself told us.<\/p>\n<p>Filomena Simbine is 60 years old and sells tomatoes in front of her house. Her attention is on her product, but sometimes she has to look up to make sure the distribution pole poses no danger to her grandchildren, who always join her at the stand. \u201cEven a car noise scares me, because I\u2019m afraid the pole will move and make sparks,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n<p>Filomena lives near the fire site and now, at night, she thinks that the same situation could happen in her house, as there is a pole nearby that she considers overloaded.<\/p>\n<p>Circling through Chamanculo and other Maputo neighbourhoods, finding poles with lots of wires is not uncommon. Some are even inside homes, which frightens residents. There has been a utility pole in the house of 57-year-old Violeta Ol\u00edvia for over ten years. Rainy days are a terror, but fear abates, because, until now, there have been no frightening sparks.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018O Pa\u00eds\u2019 newspaper called on the Maputo City regional distribution coordinator to analyse on the ground the situation of the houses burned on Thursday and inspect other connections. He acknowledges that the connections are not as good as they might be, but blames the area\u2019s disorderly nature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere aren\u2019t the streets that would allow connections according to electrification standards,\u201d Feliciano Dique explains. \u201cIf we had streets, we would make the safest ones [connections].\u201d Even so, EDM says that this does not pose a danger to users, not least because the best possible procedures were followed.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, a large number of homes were reduced to ashes by a short circuit in the Malanga district, also in Maputo city, last year. In all these cases, EDM says that absence of orderly territorial planning is largely responsible.<\/p>\n<p><b>By<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Alfonso Chavo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. Maputo\u2019s Chamanculo neighbourhood is awash with dangerous electrical connections. Residents are scared, but Electricidade de Mo\u00e7ambique (EDM) says that the problem is due to the disorganised streets. Last Thursday, 22 houses were consumed by a fire allegedly caused by a short circuit. 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