(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Power returned to most of Bangladesh on Sunday, a day
after a nationwide outage hit the South Asian country due to a
technical glitch on the transmission line bringing electricity from
India, officials said, according to dpa.
'We have no shortage of electricity right now. The entire power
network is operative,' State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul
Hamid told reporters.
Some local problems might still cause blackouts in a few
neighbourhoods, he said, noting that the country's power plants were
producing 4,900 megawatts of electricity.
As homes across the country were plunged into the dark, airports,
hospitals and other emergency services resorted to diesel-run
generators to keep their operations going after the national grid
failed around noon Saturday.
The blackout occurred after a glitch on the line in south-western
district of Kustia, which borders India, officials said.
Bangladesh began importing electricity from neighbouring India last
year to meet its soaring domestic demand for power. The director of
the Power Grid Corporation of India said the failure originated in
Bangladesh.
The government has launched an investigation into the outage.
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