WNB homes to enjoy electricity

More than 1,000 houses along the New Britain highway connecting East and West New Britain will now be connected with electricity.

WNB Governor Sasindran Muthuvel told Loop PNG that preparations are on the way to implement this massive project.

Muthuvel thanked the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for coordinating $ US 5 million (K16.23 million) for the project.

The project will be funded by the New Zealand and Japan governments.

Muthuvel said the houses will be connected with power with easypay meters.

He added that the mini-hydro  scheme at Lobo will also be upgraded to 1.5megawatts.

Meanwhile, the Japanese Internal Corporation Agency (JICA) will be in West New Britain from Oct 4-7 to discuss feasibility studies on River Pandi and Toriu bridges.

These are the only bridges that link West New Britain and East New Britain.

WNB Governor Sasindran Muthuvel expressed satisfaction on the approach JICA has taken to do the feasibility studies into such projects.

He told Loop PNG that other aid donors are also in standby to help WNB deliver its projects.

Muthuvel said he will continue to deliver projects to the people despite criticisms from people in the province.

Author: 
Freddy Mou