"We instantly went into a protection mode to prevent it from becoming a bigger problem." "One of the transmission lines got overloaded, creating a cascading effect on other lines," Yeakub told Bloomberg. Yeakub Elahi Chowdhury, executive director of the organisation, will lead the investigation, said its public relations officer Badruddoza Sumon. The PGCB formed a five-member inquiry committee to investigate the reason behind the grid failure. In the meantime, darkness prevailed in Agargaon, Mirpur, Gulshan, Banani and Bashundhara Residential Area even after four hours.Īsked about the reason for the blackout, Md Moqsedur Rahman, chief engineer (Transmission) of PGCB, said it would not be known before the investigation. More than eight hours into the blackout, however, the Power Grid Transmission Company of Bangladesh Ltd, was at a loss for answers. Power supply was also restored in some parts of Dhaka city under Maniknagar and Hasnabad grid substations and also a number of districts under Sylhet, Chattagram and Mymensingh by 7pm. He estimated his production loss to be around 40%.įor his two factories, he estimated his net loss to be around Tk15.5 lakh just due to the blackouts.Īfter around four hours, power slowly returned to parts of the capital, including Uttara, Tongi, Dhanmondi and Mirpur DOHS. After restoration, it took three more to get the machines running. He said blackouts persisted for seven hours.
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