‘Would they live next to pylons with their babies?’ Residents challenge president over EAC

Local electricityLimassolTop News ‘Would they live next to pylons with their babies?’ Residents challenge president over EAC Limassol Electricity Pylon Protest Relevant News ‘Would they live next to pylons with their babies?’ Residents challenge president over EAC 9 June 2026 Over 3kg of cocaine found hidden in Larnaca man’s home and car 9 June 2026 Israeli tourist flights to Cyprus picking up but €700m loss forecast for the year 9 June 2026 Ioanna Mantzipa 9 June 2026 FacebookXWhatsAppEmailPrintViber President Nikos Christodoulides broke from an official ceremony in Pano Polemidia on Tuesday to speak with residents protesting the construction of a new Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) pylon close to their homes, telling them the design would change. The president had been attending the foundation-stone laying of the Adonis III residential complex, near the junction of Kantaras and Vokolidis streets, when residents from the neighbouring Adonis II complex staged a peaceful demonstration with banners opposing the new pylon and electrical installations. Families with young children live in the affected homes. Christodoulides got out of his vehicle, walked over to the protesters and told them he had already contacted EAC. “I spoke with EAC and the design will change. It is ten metres from the nearest house and the design will change. It will take a different route. I told them they need to come and see you,” he said. He told residents that EAC representatives would visit the area on Friday. “On Friday, EAC’s people will come here, you will discuss it, and then we will see how we proceed,” he said. He also asked Polemidia Mayor Andros Theodorou to brief him on the steps taken to date. Residents pushed back, saying they did not consider moving the pylon by a few dozen metres an adequate solution. “You can’t just move the pylon by 60 metres,” one resident said, arguing that the only real solution was to remove the installations from the residential area entirely. A resident handed Christodoulides a memorandum documenting the residents’ correspondence with authorities since 2021. “They’re all making fools of us. Would they live next to pylons with their babies?” the resident asked. Christodoulides assured residents he would follow up after Friday’s EAC meeting and invited them to the Presidential Palace for further discussion. The dispute goes back to July 22, 2021, when residents say they received written assurance from EAC that an existing pylon located approximately 29 metres from their homes would be removed around 2023. That removal never happened. On June 2, 2026, work began on a new, higher-capacity pylon or substation that residents say sits less than 100 metres from their homes. According to the residents’ letter, the permits for the electrical infrastructure were issued between 2000 and 2011, before the housing development was built, and residents say they were never informed such infrastructure would be expanded in the area. Subscribe to our Newsletter Latest News Over 3kg of cocaine found hidden in Larnaca man’s home and car Israeli tourist flights to Cyprus picking up but €700m loss forecast for the year The packaging your takeaway comes in may be carcinogenic — and it’s being banned in August Cypriot firm snaps up €100m Brussels office block to be leased to European Defence Agency Fire investigation under way after blaze destroys vehicles at Kokkinotrimithia body shop Alleged Hamas members arrested in Cyprus believed to have received training in Malaysia Woman arrested in Ayia Napa with laughing gas Follow en.philenews on Google News and be the first to know all the news about Cyprus and the world.