LTL spreads wings to Africa
President Yoweri Museveni of the Republic of Uganda officially commissioned part of a 33kV power distribution line, which connected the districts of Rakai and Isingiro, recently.
The section opened by the president was a 150-kilometre stretch and was part of 330-kilometre 33kV power distribution line project, funded by NORAD, which was completed by LTL Projects (Pvt.) Ltd for its client, the Rural Electrification Agency in Uganda, providing access to tens of thousands of clients all across many regions of Western Uganda.
Over the last three years, LTL projects have been making in-roads into the African continent proving their capability in executing diverse and challenging projects by successfully securing power distribution infrastructure contracts worth over US $ 80 million (Rs.10 billion) in various regions of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. LTL has achieved another milestone by being chosen as the main contractor for the 400-kilometre West Nile Grid Extension Project in Uganda.
Thus far, LTL has successfully constructed and commissioned rural electrification projects spanning over 800 kilometres across Northern, Eastern and Western Uganda. While continuing to be part of the collective drive of expansion in Africa, in Uganda, LTL has connected over 14,000 new consumers, 90 health centres, 80 schools and 200 administrative centres to the national power grid under the Uganda government’s Rural Electrification Agency. This is through the construction of close to 1500 kilometres of power distribution infrastructure.
In Kenya, LTL has just completed the World Bank-funded electrification project of 60 community schemes, through construction of over 82 kilometres of medium voltage lines and associated low voltage lines on concrete poles; including the installation of over 80 distribution transformers in provinces of the Mount Kenya region.
This project, besides providing much needed electricity for lighting and entertainment to more than 600 new consumers will also go a long way in improving the socioeconomic status of people in this region.
Furthermore, in Tanzania, LTL has been recently awarded two contracts, from Rural Electrification Agency Tanzania to construct over 1100 kilometres of power distribution lines in the Ruvuma and Shinyanga Provinces of Tanzania to connect over 12,000 new consumers to the electricity grid.