About one million consumers remained without electricity in the flood-hit areas till Saturday evening , the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources has said.
"Several areas of the country, including Feni, Noakhali, Lakshmipur, Comilla-2 and 4, Cox's Bazar, Chandpur-1, Brahmanbaria Chattagram 2 and 3 and Moulvibazar, have been flooded due to onrush of hills and heavy rain falls," a release said.
In many places, the power supply has been snapped to avoid accidents due to flooding of power substations, submergence of electric meters, and damage to poles.
The power supply has been completely cut off in Feni.
The statement has said about 17 sub-stations out of 163 and 160 feeders of 11 KV out of 905 is remaining inoperative.
So far, the financial loss of REB has been over Tk7.95 crore.
Feni REB Assistant General Manager Akash Kusum Barua said: "All 13 substations have been shut down, leaving 441,546 customers without power."
Noakhali REB Senior General Manager Zakir Hossain said that about 250,000 customers are without power, and the water inside their office is waist-high.
Mahbubul Alam, assistant general manager of the Lakshmipur Palli Bidyut Samiti, noted that damaged transmission lines and poles have left about 40,000 customers without electricity.
The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) continues to supply electricity in Sylhet, Comilla, and other regions. Still, many of its customers also lack power due to the flood.
