Government Works On Underground Cables

Government is working to get electrical cables underground. This is to avoid cables from being affected or blown down during a cyclone.

Attorney-General and Minister for Economy Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said this during the Energy Fiji Limited awards night on Saturday. Fiji gets three cyclones in a season on average.

“If we don’t get a cyclone we think it’s such a big deal, that is the reality of living in the 21th century where we are at the core of climate change,” Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said.

This is what’s different about the four lane road in front of the Nadi Airport to Martintar.

There are no electric cables overhead. He said the Government had allocated funds to develop iTaukei lands and recently they have subdivided lands in Wairabetia, Yadua, Vuda and few other places.

Most of those sites had the original plan of electrical cable overhead.

“Today we are now going back and getting those electrical cables underground.”

He said the operation costs money therefore the subdivision value would also increase because the people buying would know that their electricity would no longer be affected by any cyclone.

“That is what we would like to see more and more, that is what you called building resilience.”

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