{"id":2028,"date":"2026-08-02T16:01:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T16:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/?p=2028"},"modified":"2026-08-02T16:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T16:01:53","slug":"urban-corridors-and-new-substations-overcome-historic-power-and-health-deficits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/urban-corridors-and-new-substations-overcome-historic-power-and-health-deficits\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban corridors and new substations overcome historic power and health deficits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><b>Addis Ababa,(AMECO)\u00a0 <\/b>Reflecting on recent structural transformations within the Amhara region and beyond during an exclusive conversation with Ameco, the prime minister, Dr Abiy Ahmed, addressed severe historical grievances regarding failing public utilities and a total absence of regional electrical substations. To solve these foundational deficits, the administration launched a coordinated public service overhaul, deploying massive corridor developments across 32 regional cities to transform living standards and civic sanitation.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u200bConcurrently, the state addressed critical energy bottlenecks by constructing high-capacity electrical substations in Woldia, Kombolcha, Dejen and Beles, elevating regional electricity coverage from 25% to over 40%. To resolve severe healthcare access restrictions, the administration executed a major medical expansion, quadrupling general hospitals from five to 20 while nearly doubling primary care facilities.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u200bDetailing the impact of these infrastructure solutions, Abiy stated: &#8220;We have increased the number of general hospitals from five to 20. Primary hospitals grew from around 43 to nearly 90.&#8221; Addressing the successful resolution of energy complaints, he added: &#8220;Electricity coverage in the Amhara region was around 25%; it has now grown to over 40%, with new substations built in Woldia, Kombolcha, Dejen and Beles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Tackling chronic utility and healthcare deficits, the government executed a comprehensive public service intervention\u2014building new electrical substations to lift power coverage past 40%, quadrupling general hospitals and upgrading urban corridors across 32 cities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Addis Ababa,(AMECO)\u00a0 Reflecting on recent structural transformations within the Amhara region and beyond during an exclusive conversation with Ameco, the prime minister, Dr Abiy Ahmed, addressed severe historical grievances regarding failing public utilities and a total absence of regional electrical substations. To solve these foundational deficits, the administration launched a coordinated public service overhaul, deploying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[495,5,3],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[354,53,51],"class_list":["post-2028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","category-local","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2031,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028\/revisions\/2031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2028"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}