ENERGY Minister Makozo Chikote says Maamba Collieries is scheduled to undertake its mandatory maintenance starting end of August and that this will cause a power deficit of 135 megawatts for the month of September. Zesco Managing Director Victor Mapani, however, assures that although the Maamba maintenance works would ideally lead to an increase in load-shedding hours, the impact will be cushioned by the newly-negotiated 218 megawatts of power imports. At a media briefing, Thursday, Chikote said there was an impending depletion of Zesco’s water allocation at Kariba Dam which would result in an extra power deficit of 300 megawatts. “May I also indicate that the water levels in the major reservoirs (Zambezi and Kafue River basins) supporting hydro-power infrastructure remain...