Dhaka, Oct. 21 -- Electricity generation at all three units of the Barapukuria Thermal Power Plant in Dinajpur has been fully suspended following mechanical failures, raising concerns of load shedding and low voltage in northern Bangladesh.
The plant's outage has cut around 200 MW from the national grid, confirmed Abu Bakar Siddique, chief engineer of the facility.
Unit-3 stopped producing power on October 16 due to a mechanical fault. Despite continuous repair efforts on Friday and Saturday, the unit could not be restarted, resulting in a loss of about 160-170 MW.
Unit-1 was taken offline Sunday night after a boiler tube leakage, shutting down its 50 MW contribution. Repairs are expected to take up to a week, and the plant is coordinati...