Staff Reporter :
Electricity supply was disrupted in the city and many areas across the country in last two days due to the transformer disorder.
Besides, electricity distribution lines were also affected by the strong wind. The customers of Sreepur of Gazipur complained of not getting electricity from Friday’s midnight.
Ahmed Ullah, a resident of Rampura Banasri lamented of not getting electricity from Saturday morning. The electricity supply did not resume till 5:00 PM of the day.
He said that, with a big sound, the electricity supply was halted. Old aged people and children became scared at the sound.
Power Development Board sources said, electricity supply was disrupted in Dhaka city and other parts of the country due to transformer chaos.
An official of Power Development Board control room said, after brief drizzling, the transformers went out of order. The mobile service teams were working unabated to restore power supply in those areas, he added. It happens if there is sudden rain after a long time, sometimes local systems go out of order due to rain in the early rainy season, he added.
Power supply was disrupted at Lalbagh, Azimpur, Shyamoli, Paribagh, Jhigatala, Khilkhet, Rampura Banasri and madertake of Dhaka because of sudden rains and wind flows.
Apart from Dhaka, rain drenched parts of Narayanganj, Gazipur, Faridpur, Madaripur, Pabna, Jessore, Chuadanga and Jhenaidah districts. In sudden rains in the dry season, problem hits the electricity distribution lines. But it is temporary and power connection has already been restored in most of the areas, said an engineer of Rural Electrification Board, adding that the remaining areas will get electricity shortly. But experts questioned if the electricity supply is disrupted in rains, what will happen in the summer?
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said, it is a temporary problem and local offices of power distribution entities are working to restore electricity.
