2 PGCB engineers to be suspended over grid failure: Nasrul

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said two engineers of the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) will be suspended over the recent national grid failure.

"The decision will come into effect today," he told reporters at the secretariat today (October 16, 2022) after receiving the probe report on the incident.

Action has been taken against an assistant engineer and a sub assistant engineer of PGCB on charge of negligence of duty, said the state minister.

"Action will be taken against others responsible for the incident by this week after identifying them," he said.

On October 6, Power Grid Company of Bangladesh formed a seven-member committee to identify the reasons behind the national grid failure on October 4 that caused a seven-hour blackout across most of Bangladesh.

The committee had three days to complete the investigation and submit its report.