Cable glitch leaves 8,000 consumers in Kurigram without power

Around 8,000 consumers in Nageshwari and Sadar upazilas of Kurigram district have been left without electricity for the past one month due to a technical glitch in an electrical submarine cable.

The consumers alleged that business activities, household works and study of students have been hampered by the power disconnection. Now they rely on hurricanes and other lamps to lead their daily lives.

According to Kurigram-Lalmonirhat Palli Bidyut Samity, the technical glitch in an underground submarine cable was found in Nageshwari's Matherganj to char areas of the district.

As a result, the residents of Nageshwari’s Narayanpur union and Sadar’s Jatrapur union have remained without electricity.

Md Abdul Malek, a resident of Narayanpur union, said the power disconnection puts their daily life in great trouble and the students are the worst sufferers.  

He said they have been incurring losses in business for the past one month.   

Expressing concern over the matter, farmer Md Nur Islam said they were bound to set up diesel-driven swallow machines to irrigate in the croplands as the pump machines have been suspended since the power disconnection.

Moreover, they have to pay Tk 20 to 30 to charge their mobile phones with solar power and generators, he said.  

Md Mohitul Islam, manager of Kurigram Palli Bidyut Samity, said the process to rectify the glitch was being disrupted due to increased water in the Brahmaputra River but it will be fixed soon.