The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has restored electricity supply to Kebbi State through an alternative transmission route following the collapse of the Kainji-Birnin Kebbi 132kV transmission line. The alternative supply was routed from the Kaduna-Mando axis through the 132kV Zaria-Funtua-Gusau transmission line and the Talata Mafara-Sokoto corridor. The development followed more than a week of power outage in parts of the state after a transmission tower on the Kainji-Birnin Kebbi line (2KNJ-BRK1) collapsed during a heavy windstorm and downpour. Electricity supply returned to parts of Birnin Kebbi in the early hours of Tuesday, but it was initially intermittent and lasted about two hours. A source at the Kebbi Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), who oversees one of the areas in the Birnin Kebbi metropolis, confirmed the restoration to LEADERSHIP on Tuesday. The source said the alternative transmission arrangement would remain in place while TCN engineers and linesmen work to repair the damaged line.
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