Hwange residents to make way for mega power project
BY CALVIN MANIKA
Hwange thermal power expansion project run by the Hwange Electricity Supply Company (Hesco) is expected to be complete by 2022, eight months behind the initial plan prior to the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic.
A power transmission line corridor is currently being cleared from Hwange to Insukamini, Bulawayo.
Hesco is a special purpose company, which is a joint venture of the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) and Sino Hydro Mauritius with 64% and 36% shares respectively.
The US$1,5 billion power project will entail displacements of about 480 households of which 400 will be from the Ingagula suburb in Hwange due to the direct health hazards of gas emissions and dust from the plant,