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Download PDF Life in the capital became miserable yesterday with the mercury rising and the effects worsened by frequent power cuts.
About 3,800 megawatts (MW) of power was generated in the country yesterday against the demand of 4,300MW, causing an official shortfall of 500MW. However, sources say that the shortfall was 1,000MW yesterday.
Problems in gas supply to power stations also contributed to the power outages.
The power plants running on natural gas have a demand of around 800 million cubic feet of gas a day, but they are currently receiving around 642 million cubic feet of gas a day.
Gas companies under Petrobangla are currently able to supply around 1,700 million cubic feet of gas a day for the nation.
Gas supply to Chittagong has been declining for the last few years due to the nose-diving gas production from the Sangu Gas Field. Chittagong is experiencing a shortage of around 100 million cubic feet of gas a day, for which gas-fired power generation in Chittagong is suffering heavily. The shortfall is also creating a crisis in the industrial belt and the export processing zones in the port city.
Meanwhile, Dhaka city dwellers are more worried about the situation to develop soon if things keep going on in this way.
“It’s like a game… power was on and off. I am scared about what will happen in the coming days when the whole country experiences the scorching heat,” said Aminul Islam, a resident of Kathalbagan.
According to the Met office, Dhaka saw a high of 33.8 Celsius yesterday while the highest temperature of the country was recorded in Rangpur at 35.0 Celsius.
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