<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">The 230 kV grid line from Aminbazar-Agargaon failed at 5:50 am today — leading to no electricity in the western part of Dhaka city, including the entire Mohammadpur and Mirpur areas.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Officials from both Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) and Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited&nbsp; (PGCB) confirmed the development.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“The grid transmission line tripped at 5:50 am,” Badruddoza Sumon, Public Relation Officer of the PGCB told UNB.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Further explaining, he said due to the dense fog, sometimes grid lines can break down.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is not a technical fault of the system, he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He informed that the PGCB engineers are trying hard to restore the system by checking transmission towers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Aminbazar-Mohammadpur grid line is one of the main sources supplying electricity to some of Dhaka city’s important establishments, including the Prime Minister’s official residence and Dhaka cantonment.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Power supply continued through alternative sources to those important establishments although regular consumers are without electricity.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Maniruzzaman, executive engineer of the Mohammadpur power distribution division of the DPDC, said power supply could not be restored until 9 am. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>