Unidentified men bombed two towers of the National Grid
Corporation of the Philippines
in Marawi City
cutting off electricity generated from the Agus 1 and 2 hydro plants from the Mindanao grid.
Beth Ladaga, NGCP regional communications officer in
Mindanao said towers 19 and 20 were toppled by the bombing that occurred around
9:20pm Thursday night causing power loss in several areas of the Mindanao grid.
Ladaga said the toppling of the two towers caused a
150-megawatt deficiency as electricity produced by Agus 1 and 2 was isolated
from the entire Mindanao grid.
“Our technicians will start restoration work as soon as the
area is secured by the army and police,” she said.
Lieutenant Virgilio Dorotan, a company commander
of the Army 65th Infantry Battalion said the soldiers and policemen
only managed to enter and secure the blast site in Barangay Patani in Marawi City
“We found the two towers toppled on its side but we have
already secured the area for the NGCP repairmen to begin their work,” Dorotan
said.
He said they still had no idea who exploded the bombs as
Army ordnance specialists were still in the blast site to check the evidence
left.
The village
of Patani
The bombing came two days after the NGCP released a press
statement complaining that an “uncooperative landowner” in Marawi demanded
money and refused entry to their repairmen.
The NGCP said at least 30 megawatts of electricity produced
from the Agus 1 hydroelectric dam became isolated from the Mindanao
grid because of the incident.
Bombings of electric towers operated by the NGCP have
occurred several times in Mindanao .
http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2015/10/30/blast-topples-2-ngcp-towers-in-marawi-city/
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