BNP today (October 5, 2022) blamed the government's overall "failure" and theft in the power sector for Tuesday's long blackout in most areas of the country caused by a national grid failure.
"We feel that this (national grid failure) happened due to a total failure of the government, and problems regarding planning, structural and technical matters, and widespread theft in the power sector," said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
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He made the remarks while talking to reporters at BNP Standing Committee Member Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku's Asad Gate residence in the city.
Yesterday, power supply across the country was disrupted for nearly seven hours following the failure of the national power grid.
"Yesterday's (Tuesday's) case was unusual. There was no power in most parts of the country for about 8 hours. It's like a total blackout," he observed.
