Blackout report to be made public in a day or 2: Nasrul Hamid
Wednesday, 26 November 2014
About one month has elapsed since the grid failure that plunged the entire Bangladesh into an unprecedented blackout, the reason behind the massive outage could not be known yet. However, the government says the causes of the worst blackout will be made public either today (Wednesday) or Thursday. The state minister for energy and power has said that the investigation report of the November 1 blackout will be made public ‘within a day or two.’ Speaking with reporters after attending a seminar on Wednesday, State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid said: ‘The report will be submitted to me today.’ Asked what caused the massive power cut, the minister said: ‘I am yet to see the report. Let me take a look at it. It will take a day or two to talk with you (the media) about this.’ On Nov 1, a grid failure left Bangladesh without electricity for almost 11 hours. An official of the Bherhamara Power Station said a glitch there caused the outage. The power imported from India connects to Bangladesh’s grid through this station in Kushtia. The 7-strong enquiry committee, formed that day, visited the Bherhamara power station as well as the Ashuganj Thermal Power Plant at Brahmanbarhia to detect the cause of the incident, according to a news agency.