Bangladesh is facing a severe disparity in electricity supply between urban and rural areas, with rural residents enduring long hours without power while Dhaka remains largely unaffected. On Sunday, despite a national load shedding record of 3,280 megawatts, the capital experienced no outages. Protests erupted in several districts, where residents blocked roads and attacked power offices over frequent blackouts. In Jamalpur’s Madarganj, hundreds surrounded a local power station, citing disruptions to students’ studies.
According to the Power Division, national electricity demand reached 17,278 megawatts, but only 13,998 megawatts were supplied. While Dhaka’s utilities met full demand, rural areas under the Rural Electrification Board faced significant shortfalls. Officials reported that 65 percent of power plants remain idle, with gas and coal shortages limiting production. The government continues to pay high capacity charges for unused plants.
Energy Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud stated in parliament that production has improved to 14,500 megawatts against a demand of 14,839 megawatts and assured efforts to stabilize supply. Authorities are considering increasing output from oil-based plants to ease the crisis.
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