[ 2021-03-03 ]

GRIDCo to demolish illegal structures obstructing access to transmission towers
The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRDICo) has
announced a planned Right-of-Way demolition
exercise in parts of the Greater Accra Region.

It will be carried out in areas along GRIDCo’s
Tema-Achimota-Mallam High Voltage transmission
lines.

The exercise has been scheduled to take place at
the end of March 2021.

GRIDCo, according to a statement released on
Tuesday said “the exercise will rid the areas of
illegal occupants and encroachers, whose
activities prevent access to the transmission
towers”,

Specific portions of the national capital that to
be affected are Dzorwulu, Ashiaman Middle East and
areas in East Legon including, American House;
Adzei Kodzo and Menpeasem.

The demolition exercise, when completed, will
enable “unimpeded access to the transmission
towers by GRIDCo Engineers and Contractors in
order for construction works to be carried out to
ensure adequate and quality power transmission to
the Greater Accra region and adjoining areas.”

Year after year, the power transmission company
faces challenges with the activities of
encroachers along its transmission towers and
lands across the country, particularly in Accra.

However, the company has assured, it will continue
to “work with the relevant state institutions to
remove properties and structures and to curb all
forms of human activities, within the
Right-of-Ways.”

This, it said, is to safeguard public safety and
ensure the reliability of power transmission.

The Law
Under the Transmission Line Protection
Regulations, 1967 (LI 542) as amended by
Regulation No. LI 1737 of 2004, it is an offence
for persons or institutions to conduct any form of
activity in relation to the lands around the
location of power transmission lines and towers in
Ghana.

Operations including drilling, excavation works,
lorry parks, shops, garages, barns, real estate,
undertaken in the areas extending for a distance
of 15meters on each side from the centre of the
transmission towers for 161kV lines and 20 meters
for 330kV lines, are prohibited.

These activities pose a danger to human life and
property as transmission line faults can result in
casualties and damage to properties.

Source - Citinewsroom

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