The tried theft and accompanying vandalism of Erongo Regional Electrical energy Distributor (Erongored) infrastructure at Rössing Mountain has resulted in main broadcasting interruptions on the coast since Monday.
Telecommunication sources say cable thieves reduce down a number of energy poles, leading to almost a kilometre of energy and communication cables being broken.
This has disrupted energy provide and hampered the radio communications of a number of main broadcasters on the coast, whereas additionally affecting a variety of providers, together with police and emergency radio frequencies.
Erongored spokesperson Benjamin Ngombe yesterday confirmed the incident, including that infrastructure to the ability provide and radio tower at Rössing Mountain was broken.
“That’s all the knowledge I’ve for now. Our persons are on the bottom attending to restoring the system,” he mentioned.
An in depth report shall be issued at a later stage, he mentioned.
“Investigations are persevering with.”
The Erongo police additionally confirmed the incident, however mentioned an incident report can be compiled after the regional electrical energy distributor “compiles a case”.
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