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Bangladesh’s overall electricity generation dipped to 4,890 MW (megawatt), one-fifth of the country’s overall electricity generation capacity of 26,354 MW, Monday afternoon due to severe cyclone ‘Remal,’ mayhem.
Monday’s electricity generation during the afternoon is less than one-third or 64.37 per cent down from Sunday afternoon’s production of 13,726MW, according to official data of the National Load Dispatch Centre (NLDC), of state-run Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Ltd (PGCB).
More than 1.5 million people in southern coastal areas in Bangladesh are without power since Sunday night as authorities shut down the electricity supply to avoid accidents.
Hundreds of electric poles were damaged and trees fell to disrupt the power supply across the country, a senior official of the state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) told the FE.