Power grid failure paralyses three-fourths of Bangladesh

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A national power grid failure on Tuesday paralysed the country’s eastern part, including Dhaka, Chattogram, Sylhet and Mymensingh divisions, causing immense sufferings to people as emergency services like health, telecommunications and internet operations were severely disrupted.
People also suffered at the immigration services of the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka while there was a huge pressure on petrol pumps as people gathered to buy fuels for generating alternative electricity during the power failure that began at about 2:00pm and continued till 9:15pm in most places.
Offices, household activities and business operations and ATM booths were in great troubles during the period.
Huge crowds of people were found standing in queues at petrol pumps for fuel oils, mainly diesel, for running generators at hospitals, shopping malls, residential and commercial buildings.
Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Limited executive director Md Yeakub Elahi Chowdhury said that the national grid collapsed in the districts of the eastern region of the River Jamuna, including Dhaka, Chattogram, Sylhet and Mymensingh divisions, nearly three-fourths of the country’s total area from about 2:05pm.
‘We primarily assumed that the transmission line tripped somewhere in the Ghorashal Power Plant, resulting in the power failure in the eastern region. A five-member committee was formed to ascertain the exact reasons for the grid failure,’ he said.