Pakokku - Nyaungpin Gyi main power line blasted and destroyed, power outages in townships within Pakokku District

It is known that power outages have occurred in townships within Pakokku District after the main power line connecting Pakokku and Nyaungpin Gyi main substations was blasted and destroyed on the evening of July 19. A responsible person from the Pakokku Township Electric Power Distribution Office informed on the internet social network, "(19.7.26) One tower of the Nyaungpin Gyi - Buddhakone main power line was blasted and destroyed, and the entire city of Pakokku is experiencing power outages... It may take time." "I thought it was a normal load reduction. I only found out tonight by reading on Facebook that there would be no electricity. From water difficulties to lighting at night, it will be difficult. It is absolutely wrong to mine and blast public power towers. It is not the first time. Public power poles are frequently targeted and mined and blasted," said a resident of Pakokku. It is learned from local residents that power outages have been frequently experienced on the main power line connecting Pakokku and Nyaungpin Gyi main substations due to the theft of wires between the towers, causing the towers to collapse, and the blasting and destruction of towers by mining, causing the towers to collapse and be damaged. ■Photo: Pakokku Electric (A view of the blasted and destroyed power transmission tower)