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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. |
Within a few hours some power plants began operating again but they have since failed. It is not clear when supply might resume. | |
Bangladesh began importing electricity from India in October last year. | Bangladesh began importing electricity from India in October last year. |
Officials said engineers were working to restore supply. They had hoped to fix the problem by Saturday evening. | |
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. | 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. |
The high-voltage transmission line runs from Baharampur in West Bengal, India to Bheramara in Kushtia district, in south-west Bangladesh. | |