Power supply to 97% cyclone-hit consumers restored
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Still electricity supply could not be restored to some 922,000 consumers
Power supply to 97% of Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) consumers was restored while it was 100% for West Zone Power Distribution Company Ltd (WZPDC) till noon on Thursday.
The Power Division, referring to updated information, said that the BREB restored the electricity supply to 29.3 million consumers, which is 97% of its total affected consumers.
Some 30.3 million consumers of the BREB got disconnected from the electricity supply network after cyclone Remal hit the country on Sunday.
Still electricity supply could not be restored to some 922,000 consumers, which is 3% of the total BREB consumers.
BREB hopes that they will be able to restore electricity to 99% of its affected consumers by 6pm on Thursday while 1% will remain without electricity as they need door- to- door service.
The WZPDC restored electricity supply to all affected consumers during the same period.
The total affected consumers of WZPDC were 453,000 who were without electricity due to the cyclone.
The Power Division said that about 21,000 workforce from BREB are currently working at the field level, while the WZPDC has also engaged its manpower to repair damaged power lines.