US EditionEngineer Arrested After Excavator Hits GPL Line, Causing Major Power Outage in Demerara
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Site engineer arrested after excavation works trigger hours-long power outage
contractors, machine operators again reminded to exercise extreme caution near transmission infrastructure SEVERAL parts of Demerara were without electricity for hours on Sunday after a high-voltage transmission line was struck by heavy-duty machinery, prompting an investigation which resulted in the arrest of the site engineer, Xiou Wei, a national of China. According to several updates […]
Engineer arrested after excavator hits GPL line, causing major power outage in Demerara
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has arrested the engineer at a road construction site in Georgetown after a heavy-duty machinery made contact with the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc.’s transmission line, resulting in a widespread power outage in the Demerara County on Sunday. Widespread power outage on Sunday was caused by machinery at a road construction site in Georgetown making contact with GPL’s transmission line [inset photo] causing it to …
Engineer arrested after construction equipment triggers widespread GPL power outage
The Guyana Police Force has arrested the engineer at a road construction site in Georgetown after heavy-duty machinery made contact with the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc.’s transmission line, resulting in a widespread power outage. In a statement, GPL said that at approximately 08:50 hours today, several areas across Demerara (Georgetown, East Bank and […] The post Engineer arrested after construction equipment triggers widespread GPL power …
China Railway First Group’s engineer arrested for massive power outage; electricity being restored
Last Updated on Sunday, 26 April 2026, 12:45 by Denis Chabrol As the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) continues to restore electricity in Demerara, the power company also said the site engineer for China Railway First Group has been arrested. GPL said the service interruption is as a result of machinery, attached to China Railway […]
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