He also asked the officials to take steps to supply electricity to hospitals through emergency generators, if necessary. He also asked the officials to work through coordination among the power generation, distribution and transmission sections and take help of the Power Division. Power Secretary Dr sultan Ahmed, BPDB chairman Belayet Hossain, Power Cell Director General Mohammad Hossain, and Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) Managing Director Golam Kibria also attended the virtual meeting. He said that they are hopeful of restoring about 80% of the power supply in the cyclone-affected areas within Thursday. “Mainly the uprooted trees fell on the electricity transmission and distribution lines that led to the colossal disruption in power supply in the cyclone-hit areas,” he added

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 21, 2020 17:26 UTC