Commencement ceremony of the Project for Reinforcement of Power Distribution in Dar es Salaam
Commencement ceremony of “the Project for Reinforcement of Power Distribution in Dar es Salaam” was held on June 10th, 2015.
Project Profile
Project Name:the Project for Reinforcement of Power Distribution in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania
Client:Tanzania Electric Supply Company(TANESCO)
Content:
1) All renovation of 132/33/11kV substation(1 site)
2) Extension 33/11kV substation(1 site)
3) Newly established 33/11kV substations(3 sites)
4) Construction of 132kV transmission line and 33kV distribution line
Completion date:June, 2017
Execution Company:Mitsubishi Corporation, Iwata Chizaki Inc., Takaoka Engineering Co., Ltd,(Consortium)
At that day, Mr. Masanjya(Commissioner of Ministry of energy mineral), Mr. Manyahi(Administrative director), Mr. Mramba (President), Mr. Mgonja(vice-president, Mr. Bayona(Project manager) from TANESCO, Mr. Yoshida(ambassador), Mr. Suzuki(counselor) from Japanese Embassy in Tanzania, Mr. Amatsu(deputy director) from JICA, Mr. Nishikawa(chief engineer), Mr. Kojima(administrate) from Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd., Mr. Ichikawa(General Manager), Mr. Mhagama(manager), Mr. Hashimoto(In charge) from Mitsubishi Corp., Mr. Takagi(director) from Iwata Chizaki Inc., Mr. Nishikawa(President), Mr. Sakahira(Project Manager), Mr. Takagi(GM) from Takaoka Engineering Co., Ltd. have participated to the ceremony.
At first, Mr. Mramba of TANESCO gave an opening greeting. After that, we had “breaking- ground” which is Japanese style ceremony and “block masonry” which is Tanzanian style ceremony. And at the end of the ceremony, all of the participants have prayed for the safety of construction.
Greeting of Mr.Mramba | Prayer of safety by Mr.Nishikawa |
Breaking ground(Left) and block masonry(Right) |