State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said on Tuesday that 80 lakh consumers remained without electricity across the country after Cyclone Sitrang hit Bangladesh.
“Of them, some 60 lakh are under the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board and the remaining consumers are of other organisations like NESCO and WZPDCL,” he told reporters at his ministry in Dhaka.
He noted that the power supply to 70 per cent of the affected areas will be possible to restore by Tuesday evening while the rest 30 per cent will get electricity by Wednesday afternoon.
Currently, the total number of power consumers is 4.8 crore across the country.
Nasrul said the power supply was disrupted mainly by the falling of trees on the transmission and distribution lines.
He said that many electric poles were uprooted by the cyclone that caused the blackout in many areas.
The state minister, however, said the total damage was not calculated yet.
“It will take some more time to get a complete picture of the damages,” he said.
