Barge-mount power plant at Khulna shut down after fire
One of the two 28-megawatt barge-mount power plants at Khulna's Goalpara Power Station (GPS) was shut down early yesterday due to a fire.
Fire brigade officials blamed the fire on the negligence of those who were on duty at the time, saying an oil pipeline of the plant was found open from which the flame originated at about 12:45am.
Three fire brigade units brought the blaze under control at about 2:10am.
The executive engineer at the power station, Rezaul Karim, said two committees would be formed to probe the cause of fire in the oil pipeline.
Installed in 1980, the shuttered plant could not generate more than 10 megawatt of electricity since 2004 due to frequent technical glitches and was operational only between 6:00pm and 10:00pm since then.
Authorities of West Zone Power Distribution Company, responsible for power distribution in the 22 south-western districts, suggested that Khulna Power Company Limited (KPCL), which owns the twin plants, shut down the troubled plants from January this year.
KPCL, however, did not comply because of the severe power outage endemic in Khulna city, Rezaul Karim said.
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