Power Plant Paralysis: Barapukuria Output Halted Due to Grid Glitch
Electricity production at the Barapukuria coal-fired power plant in Dinajpur has come to a complete halt due to a technical fault in the national power grid, authorities confirmed.
On Monday, July 21, around 7:00 p.m., Unit-1 of the plant ceased operations, resulting in a total shutdown of the facility. Earlier in the morning, Unit-3 had also gone offline. The 125-megawatt-capacity Unit-2 has been inactive for an extended period.
Abu Bakar Siddique, Chief Engineer of the Barapukuria Power Plant, confirmed the development, stating, “The electricity generated at the Barapukuria Thermal Power Plant is fed into the national grid. However, due to a problem in the grid on Monday evening, there was a disruption in the supply from our plant. As of 7:00 p.m., the plant's entire production came to a halt.”
He added that efforts are underway to bring at least one unit back online as soon as possible.
Earlier that morning, the 325-megawatt-capacity Unit-3, which had been supplying between 180 to 200 megawatts to the grid, was shut down. By evening, Unit-1—which was contributing between 50 to 55 megawatts—also ceased operations, completing the plant’s total outage.
