Newcastillians face the possibility of being left in the dark on Sunday, September 11.
The municipality will have to conduct urgent repair work to replace a damaged fibre optic cable.
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Fibre optic is used for communication purposes between substations for protection purposes, at present the municipality has lost communication between the Townlands Substation, New Central A Substation and the Glen Substation.
As this could poses a serious threat to safety and equipment, the municipality’s Electrical and Mechanical department will be replacing the fibre optic cable on Sunday, to restore communications to prevent long term damage and curb outages.
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The department will be working on the matter from 5am until 10am.
While there will be no electricity during this period, residents are encouraged to treat all electrical apparatus as live at all times.
