Sacrifice to allow tower, avert outages, TNB tells folk
Kow Gah ChiePublished: Dec 2, 2011 12:53 PM | Updated: Dec 2, 2011 3:47 PM
TNB today appealed to the 39 families in Kampung Sungai Terentang, Rawang, to “sacrifice” in allowing the construction of power transmission towers to prevent a major blackout such as had happened in January 2005 from recurring as early as next May.
TNB today appealed to the 39 families in Kampung Sungai Terentang, Rawang, to “sacrifice” in allowing the construction of power transmission towers to prevent a major blackout such as had happened in January 2005 from recurring as early as next May.
TNB (transmission) vice-president Rozimi Remeli (left) said for 60 years, many had sacrificed themselves to build transmission lines.
“One thing that we must understand, (Kampung) Sungai Terentang is not the only one that had sacrificed. We have been building this transmission line since the 1950s, and lots of people had sacrificed,” he said.
He said he felt the new village should not stand above others, adding that “if the villagers felt Tenaga has got no right to build this kind of tower, then I can tell you in the future the whole country will have a similar opinion”.
Romizi was referring to the upgrading of the central region reinforcement (CAR) project, a 60km-long transmission line and towers project which was introduced after the major blackout in 2005.
TNB had constructed a 59km-long transmission line, while the balance of 1km has yet to commence as the villagers had strongly opposed the line passing by their village since 2005.
TNB staff yesterday had again tried to enter the village but were confronted by villagers, and the local authority later issued a stop-work order on the construction work.
‘Project cannot afford any delay’
CAR would see the existing power grid line ungraded from 33kV to 275kV in the village.
Romizi said he expected Malaysians’ usage of power to increase by 400MW in five months’ time, which would hit the milestone of 15,900MW and increase the possibility of a major blackout recurring, especially in the central region.
Rozimi claimed that the project could not afford any delay, as the construction needs five months to be completed.
He further said that TNB was not asking the villagers to move out as he claimed that the transmission and villagers can co-exist, without affecting the locals’ health.
Meanwhile, TNB chief operations officer Azman Mohd also appealed to the media to carry out it’s national service duty by urging the 39 families to give in for the betterment of the nation.
TNB (transmission) vice-president Rozimi Remeli (left) said for 60 years, many had sacrificed themselves to build transmission lines.“One thing that we must understand, (Kampung) Sungai Terentang is not the only one that had sacrificed. We have been building this transmission line since the 1950s, and lots of people had sacrificed,” he said.
He said he felt the new village should not stand above others, adding that “if the villagers felt Tenaga has got no right to build this kind of tower, then I can tell you in the future the whole country will have a similar opinion”.
Romizi was referring to the upgrading of the central region reinforcement (CAR) project, a 60km-long transmission line and towers project which was introduced after the major blackout in 2005.
TNB had constructed a 59km-long transmission line, while the balance of 1km has yet to commence as the villagers had strongly opposed the line passing by their village since 2005.
TNB staff yesterday had again tried to enter the village but were confronted by villagers, and the local authority later issued a stop-work order on the construction work.
‘Project cannot afford any delay’
CAR would see the existing power grid line ungraded from 33kV to 275kV in the village.
Romizi said he expected Malaysians’ usage of power to increase by 400MW in five months’ time, which would hit the milestone of 15,900MW and increase the possibility of a major blackout recurring, especially in the central region.Rozimi claimed that the project could not afford any delay, as the construction needs five months to be completed.
He further said that TNB was not asking the villagers to move out as he claimed that the transmission and villagers can co-exist, without affecting the locals’ health.
Meanwhile, TNB chief operations officer Azman Mohd also appealed to the media to carry out it’s national service duty by urging the 39 families to give in for the betterment of the nation.
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