34 hours without power

This item from the Post Courier Tues 8th August explains events which started about 4am Monday and seem to have been resolved about 2pm today Tuesday:
"DISGRUNTLED Arona Valley landowners at 4am yesterday occupied the Yonki Hydro Power station and shut off power supply to Lae, Madang, Mount Hagen and Goroka. The landowners said they would not allow power to flow until the their claims for compensation and benefits from the hydro power station were resolved by the National Government and PNG Power Ltd. But in Port Moresby yesterday afternoon, Minister for State and Enterprise Arthur Somare said in a press conference any dialogue with the legitimate landowners would cease until those occupying the power stations left the premises. He said the landowner issues would not be attended to until they allowed the asset to go back to PNG Power. Only then will the government re-enter into dialogue with them, he said. “Their actions by moving onto the site, taking possession of the site and protesting over the site is illegal,” Mr Somare said. Reports said the landowners had entered the PNG Power premises and threatened employees to stop work and forced them to shut down the main power supply."