Power supply in Mymensingh division partially restored

Power supply in Mymensingh division was restored partially on Thursday after seven hours since it was snapped for the second time in three days.

Within Saturday morning the situation could be brought back to normal, said sources from the Power Development Board (PDB) in Mymensingh on Thursday,  reports Bangla Tribune.

A four member probe committee was formed to investigate the incident which was caused by another fire accident at the national grid substation in Kewatkhali.


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The second fire in three days damaged the circuit breaker at the power grid around 10:45am Thursday.

Confirming the matter, Masudul Haque, executive engineer of the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) in Mymensingh, said: "Workers from PDB and PGCB are working to fix the circuit breaker. At 6pm on Thursday, power was restored in few upazilas and several areas of Mymensingh city through the T-3 Power Transformer of the power grid."

Earlier on Tuesday, a transformer at the same power grid substation was damaged in a fire snapping power supply in four districts of the division.