Construction work along a portion of the Sta. Rita-Quinapondan 69-kV line in Samar was stopped because of uncooperative landowners, according to the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) on Wednesday.

The power grid operator said that registered owners of the property in question – Charito Cruspero, Lorna Cruspero and Rodney Cruspero – illegally stopped the company from proceeding with the project in open defiance of the court-issued writ of possession dated April 7, 2016.

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