Power supply to the west of Dhaka will remain suspended for 5 hours from 7am to 12 noon on Friday as the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) will conduct maintenance work in its transmission lines.
The PGCB published a notice surrounding the shutdown of the 230 kV power transmission line from Aminbazar to the Agargaon substation.
The notice said that during the shutdown, different areas of the city including Dhanmondi, Agargaon, Cantonment, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Bijoy Sarani the Agargaon, Sat Masjid Road under the Agargaon, Cantonment and Sat Masjid Substations will experience power outages.
The three substations receive electricity from three sub-stations connected to the Aminbazar - Agargaon grid transmission line, said an official of the PGCB.
He said the PGCB's maintenance programme was undertaken following the recent collapse of the 230 kV grid line from Aminbazar-Agargaon.
The transmission line from Aminbazar-Agargaon, one of the vital supply lines that relay power to Dhaka city tripped at 5:50am on February 21 leading to no electricity in the western precincts of Dhaka, including the entire precincts of Mohammadpur and Mirpur.
After some 5 hours of partial grid line failure, power supply was restored in west Dhaka, including Mohammadpur, Dhanmondi and Mirpur.
