Tanzania Electric Corporation (Tanesco) has said there will be no power problem on the Modern Railway (SGR) train.

Tanesco's Planning Department engineer Lucas Magero said the SGR project would use its own electricity so there would be no outages.

Magero made the remarks in Dodoma yesterday at the Ministry of Energy's sit-in at the Energy Week exhibition.

He said Tanesco has large projects on the grid and expects to generate 2,000 megawatts of electricity in SGR, which is estimated to be 416 megawatts.

"The SGR project in Dar es Salaam to Morogoro is now 100% complete... and from Morogoro to Makutupora is 99% complete. From Isaac to Mwanza we have found a contractor and he will start work in June," he said.

He added: "When the Nyerere dam starts, everything will be fine and there will be no power outages on the train, even if there is a challenge the train will be able to walk 50km without electricity."

The Mwalimu Nyerere Dam (JNHPP) hydroelectric project is among Tanesco's strategic projects when completed, is expected to generate 2,115 megawatts.

At the exhibition, Minister of State, President's Office, Public Service Management and Good Governance, George Simbachawene said through JNHPP the country is in safe hands.

Simbachawene said the amount of water that will be filled at the dam when it is completed will make the country forget about the power problem.

"I am very grateful to Tanesco, it has been a liberating sector of the country's economy... The issue of electricity generation has been difficult since the era and era. The Nyerere dam since President Samia (Suluhu) launched its water volume is four times that of Mtera and it is not over," he said.

Deputy Agriculture Minister Anthony Mavunde congratulated Tanesco on JNHPP's innovations as when completed the country will be economically independent.

Mavunde said he has high expectations for citizens to get reliable electricity and factories to operate without the energy problem.

"The Ministry of Energy should consider doing this exhibition across Tanzania so that Tanzanians can see how projects are going, see how the government works through the Ministry of Energy," he said.