Posted on 10/04/2022 8:21:39 AM PDT by dynachrome
Large swathes of Bangladesh were left without electricity on Tuesday after a grid failure, a government official said, adding that authorities were working to gradually restore power supply in the country of 168 million people.
The country's power grid malfunctioned at around 2 p.m. (0800 GMT) on Tuesday, leading to blackouts across 75-80% of the Bangladesh, Bangladesh Power Development Board official Shameem Hasan told ReuteAn investigation was underway to ascertain the reason for the grid's collapse and power had been restored in 45% of the regions hit by the blackouts, he said.
Bangladesh, which gets three quarters of its electricity from imported natural gas, has been facing frequent power cuts this year due to its inability to address higher power demand.
The country has rationed some gas supplies amid high global prices driven up by Russia's war in Ukraine. The government vowed frugal spending after reporting a record fiscal deficit last year.rs.
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Someone I knew from India said the Muslims killed people in India in terrorism and then promised if they got Pakistan and East Pakistan (1947) “we will never ask for more land from India.”
Then the Bangladesh crisis which they said would allow Muslims a place to live and “we will never ask for more land from India.” She disdained the naive rock musicians who did the Concert For Bangladesh.
Muslims in India continue to kill.
They have 168 million people in a country the size of the state of Illinois. And just about everyone is poor. What a hole that place must be. And now, half don’t have electricity.
Two people plugged in air conditioners at the same moment?
Precursor
“Two people plugged in air conditioners at the same moment?”
Don’t quit your day job.
Gavin Newsom is their president? 🤓 How can they charge their Electric Vehicles now! We got to help them, let’s send them AOC and Bernie to them.. 🤓
bttt
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