The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has issued a stern warning against erecting structures under transmission lines, citing significant risks to lives and property.
This warning follows a fire incident at Circle ECOMOG, which caused the destruction of electricity pylons and resulted in a power outage in major parts of Accra on Wednesday, June 5.
Head of Communications at GRIDCo, Dzifa Bampoe, emphasized the dangers of building under transmission lines and urged the public to cease this practice.
“Being under these transmission lines is very dangerous. It is not safe for human habitation, and that is why, not just for this particular transmission line but for all our transmission lines, our 161, 225, 330 KV transmission lines across the country, we go around from time to time and clear people from these transmission lines but those people always come back”, Bampoe stated.
