Power crisis in north worsens
Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi
Crisis of electricity in North Bengal worsened yesterday as the authorities had to shed 430 MW of load against the daily demand of 630 MW after the 45 MW West Mount power unit at Baghabari tripped and since the diesel- run 18 MW Sayedpur, and 20 MW Rangpur units did not resume operations."The situation worsened as the lone functioning 125 MW coal-fired Bara Pukuria unit started providing 113 MW", said a source at Power Development Board. Power outage eased on Thursday but worsened again as the West Mount unit, which started operation on March 1, tripped. Sources at Load Dispatch Centre said Rajshahi zone received 160 MW against a demand of 416 MW while Rangpur zone got 60 MW out of 214 MW demand. Among other power units in the north, 100 MW, and 71 MW PDB units have been remaining non-operational since February 26. The 2 MW unit in Thakurgaon was functioning during peak hours at night.
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