Friday, April 19, 2024
The government has suspended two officials of the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) for their negligence of duty that led to the nationwide grid failure on October 4.
According to the PGCB public relations department, the suspended officials are— Sub-Divisional Engineer (SPMD, Dhaka-1) Allama Hasan Bakhtiar, and Assistant Engineer (SPMD, Dhaka-1) Md Mostafizur Rahman,
Earlier, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said that two engineers of the PGCB will be suspended over the recent national grid failure.
“The decision will come into effect today,” he told reporters at the secretariat on Sunday after receiving the probe report on the incident.
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Action has been taken against an assistant engineer and a sub-assistant engineer of PGCB on a charge of negligence of duty, the state minister said earlier.
“Action will be taken against others responsible for the incident by this week after identifying them,” he said.
On October 6, the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh formed a seven-member committee to identify the reasons behind the national grid failure on October 4 which caused a seven-hour blackout across most of Bangladesh.
The committee had three days to complete the investigation and submit its report.
