Power grid failure: Probe on to find if it was intentional
The national grid failure in the eastern part of the country was not a technical glitch, it was a "man management problem", said State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid yesterday.
He said that when the problem arose, those who were in charge didn't do what they should have done. The government is trying to identify whether it was intentional or a case of incompetence.
He said stern action would be taken against people who were responsible for the grid failure on October 4.
More than half of the country including Dhaka and Chattogram were without power that day for four to eight hours.
Talking to the media at a programme in Keraniganj, Hamid said the probe report would be filed within the next one or two days. "Then it will be clear who were responsible for the incident.
"We found that it was a result of lack of coordination between the NLDC [National Load Dispatch Centre], PDB [Bangladesh Power Development Board] and Desco [Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited].
"We will sack those who were responsible for the incident and will take departmental actions," he added.
It will take another two weeks to recover from the shock of the grid failure, the state minister said, adding that the load-shedding has increased in Dhaka and its adjoining areas following the grid failure.
"Synchronisation of power between western and eastern zones needs some more time."
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