Some units start power generation after 2nd national grid collapse

After the second-time collapse of the national grid at 4:30pm Saturday, some units at different power stations resumed generation, producing about 1,000 MW of electricity.
But it has not yet been possible to supply electricity to the capital city from those generation units, keeping it along with many parts of the country still in darkness as of 8pm.
“So far, some units at Shahjibazar in Sylhet, Mymensingh RPCL and Ashuganj stations returned to production with generating a limited level of electricity. All together, they generate some 1,000 MW of power,” said PDB director Saiful Hasan.
He said engineers were making their all-out efforts to divert the produced electricity to capital Dhaka.
Nazrul Hasan, the Managing Director of DPDC, which is responsible for power distribution at city’s Eastern and Southern parts where most important installations like the presidential palace and Prime Minister’s Office are located, said they are yet to receive electricity from the generation sides.“We’re given a message we’ll get the power supply shortly,” he maintained.
The areas under the jurisdiction of Desco, including Gulshan, Banani, Baridhara, Mirpur, Uttara and Tongi, were also in darkness till filing of this report.
Desco chief engineer Habibur Rahman said they hope to get the power supply from the power stations within a few hours, according to a news agency.