An unusual power outage has taken over the entire country as the national grid collapsed two times since 11:30am on Saturday.
Power supply was being restored partially across the country from 2:50pm. However, the national grid collapsed again at 4:30pm.
The outage triggered by the excessive electricity supply from India, PGCB Chief Engineer (system operation) Md Aksad Ali told the Dhaka Tribune.
He said: “India normally supplies 250 MW to 350 MW to the High Voltage DC substation. But, the country supplied 444 MW power to the substation on Saturday morning that triggered the technical glitch."
- See more at: http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/nov/01/lights-partially-after-3-hours#sthash.n8NLUiTk.dpufThe outage triggered by the excessive electricity supply from India, PGCB Chief Engineer (system operation) Md Aksad Ali told the Dhaka Tribune.
He said: “India normally supplies 250 MW to 350 MW to the High Voltage DC substation. But, the country supplied 444 MW power to the substation on Saturday morning that triggered the technical glitch."
- See more at: http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/nov/01/lights-partially-after-3-hours#sthash.n8NLUiTk.dpufThe nationally important establishments like Bangabhaban, Ganabhaban, Prime Minister's Office and the National Parliament which got back power supply around 3pm, are now out of power again.
However, Dhaka Medical College Hospital and Shahjalal International Airport are operating their activities in alternative arrangements.
The outage was triggered by excessive electricity supply from India, PGCB Chief Engineer (system operation) Md Aksad Ali told the Dhaka Tribune.
He said: “India normally supplies 250 MW to 350 MW to the High Voltage DC substation. But, the country supplied 444 MW power to the substation on Saturday morning that triggered the technical glitch."
Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Director Chowdhury Alamgir Hossain told the Dhaka Tribune that the power failure occured because the national grid collapsed.
He said the High Voltage DC substation at Bheramara in Kushtia shut down due to technical glitch in the morning. The blackout hit around noon and covered all parts of the country connected to the national grid as other power stations near it started closing down one after another.
The country has been hit with an electricity blackout after a transmission line bringing power through the High Voltage DC substation from neighboring India failed, he added.
Bangladesh began importing electricity from India last October 2013 through a 400-kilovolt transmission line that runs from Baharampur in the Indian state of West Bengal to the southwestern Bangladesh town of Bheramara.
"At the moment we cannot say how much time it will take to resume full speed power supply across the country," said the PGCB director.
Saturday's blackout was the worst since 2007, when a powerful cyclone that killed about 2,500 people knocked out the national grid for several hours.