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Bangladesh electricity blackouts after power line fails | Bangladesh electricity blackouts after power line fails |
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Bangladesh has been hit by major blackouts after a power line connecting the country to India's electricity grid failed, reports say. | Bangladesh has been hit by major blackouts after a power line connecting the country to India's electricity grid failed, reports say. |
The blackout began at about noon local time and affected all parts of the country linked to the national grid. | The blackout began at about noon local time and affected all parts of the country linked to the national grid. |
Power was restored to parts of the capital within a few hours. Officials said engineers were working to restore supply to the rest of Bangladesh. | |
Bangladesh began importing electricity from India in October last year. | Bangladesh began importing electricity from India in October last year. |
The exact cause remains unknown, but the head of the national grid in Bangladesh, Chowdhury Alamgir Hossain, told the Dhaka Tribune newspaper that the power cut began after a technical glitch at a substation distributing power from India. | |
That had caused all the country's other power plants to close down one by one, he said. | That had caused all the country's other power plants to close down one by one, he said. |
Masum-Al-Beruni, managing director of the state-run Power Grid Company, told the Associated Press news agency that he hoped to restore full power to the capital Dhaka by Saturday evening. | |
The high-voltage transmission line runs from Baharampur in West Bengal to Bheramara in Kushtia district, in south-west Bangladesh. | The high-voltage transmission line runs from Baharampur in West Bengal to Bheramara in Kushtia district, in south-west Bangladesh. |