State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said on Thursday that it would take some more days to find out the exact reasons behind the failure of the national power grid two days ago, sending much of the country into a blackout for about seven hours, reports UNB.
“Initially it was found that when there was a deficit of power in the east side and surplus in the west side of the country, the transmission system tripped, leading to the grid failure”, he told reporters while briefing at his ministry on Thursday.
He mentioned that the first power plant in Ghorasal station failed following the grid collapse, resulting in a colossal closure of power plants.
He said a probe committee of PGCB was working on it while another committee from the Power Division would also be formed soon.
Responding to a question, he referred to remarks by BNP leader Iqbal Hasan Mahmud, a BNP leader and former state minister for power, and said it would be investigated if the grid failure was a sabotage.
He said how Iqbal Mahmud knows that such incidents of grid failure would take place in the future too.
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