North reels under power outage
Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi
Sixteen districts of North Bengal yesterday reeled under a 338 MW load shedding against a gross average daily demand of 630 MW, as 125 MW Barapukuria and two 100 MW and 71 MW power units at Baghabari remained shut down."The situation is unlikely to change until two Baghabari units start power generation by mid-March," said Rajshahi zonal PDB Chief Engineer Molla AKM Ahkab. The power outage eased slightly in the early hours when one of the two 125 MW coal-fired power units at Barapukuria resumed. Another unit that started operation on test in January tripped at the end of February. Besides, one of the two 45 MW Westmont power units started producing 40 MW on Wednesday. According to sources at Load Dispatch Centre, Rajshahi zone consisting of 10 sub-stations at Ishwardi, Naogaon, Natore, Rajshahi, Bogra, Chapainawabganj, Pabna, Shahjadpur, Ullapara and Sirajganj received 204 MW against a total demand of 416 MW. Rangpur zone of six sub-stations at Palashbari, Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Sayedpur, East Sadipur and Thakurgaon got 88 MW against a total demand of 214 MW. Of the huge power cut, Rajshahi city alone had to witness about 37 MW load shedding against 45 MW demand. PDB sources said Sirajganj, the electoral constituency of the state minister for power, has been out of load shedding following his order.
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