The Naute Irrigation Scheme in the //Kharas region is still without power after electricity was cut two weeks ago by the Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower), regarding a debt of N$4 million. The power cut is said to be exposing date produce worth millions to the risk of rotting in the absence of power for cold storage facilities.
However, Namibia Industrial Development Agency spokesperson Wessel !Nanuseb said there is no major need for power currently: "Workers are currently still coming to work. But as there is no harvesting taking place right now, neither production that can be hampered, the need for power is not major. However, we are doing everything in our power to have the power restored to the irrigation scheme.”
The irrigation scheme produces grapes and dates for international and local markets. It is managed by Nida, established under the Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade, to foster industrial development, youth empowerment and entrepreneurship development, investment facilitation and attraction, export-oriented industrial growth and import substitution.
Source: allafrica.com