Electrical Recovery Continues In Cuban Region Damaged by Irma

The recovery of the electrical system, seriously deteriorated by Hurricane Irma, allows in the western Cuban province of Matanzas that 96 percent of customers have the vital service today.

Distributed in about thirty settlements, nearly 12,200 people or institutions with contracts with the company in the sector left to receive the benefits of electricity, according to an official report.

In addition they only need to restore the energy to five primary electric circuits of the 174 that exist in Matanzas territory, according to the source.

Regarding communications, 86 percent of the province are restored and are working to restore just over 700 pylons pull down by the fury of the winds that accompanied the powerful weather phenomenon.

Specialized brigades with a hundred linemen, supported by more than 20 transport trolleys, are working to resolve the damage to the communications network in Matanzas, about 83 kilometers east of Havana, local officials pointed out.