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People suffer without power
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The people are facing unbearable sufferings due to worst power crisis in nine years, coupled with heat waves sweeping across the country for the last six days.
The heat spell and power cuts have thrown normal life out of gear. No respite from the heat is imminent in the next two days as the chances of rainfall are slim. Day and night temperatures may remain nearly unchanged across the country.
According to official sources, the power crisis will continue till the arrival of the first drops of monsoon rain. The demand for electricity has skyrocketed very quickly, breaking the prediction made by the Power System Master Plan (PSMP).
Nasrul Hamid, state minister for power and energy, posted on his facebook account that the demand of power is 12,000MW this year, which is well past the 10300 MW predicted by the PSMP.
“The power situation is not going to improve significantly this year,” an official of the Power Division, pleading anonymity, told a Dhaka daily on Wednesday.
However, the state Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Thursday assured that the unstable power situation in the country would return to normalcy, to some extent, within Saturday.
“It’s an unexpected disruption of power supply due to the collapse of Ashuganj-Sirajganj tower because of a nor’wester and overhauling of eight power plants,” the minister said during a briefing at Bidyut Bhabana in the city.
The junior minister assured that power crisis will ease by Saturday as 10,000MW electricity will be generated from the power plants now under maintenance.
He said the authorities concerned have been working to repair the damaged tower, which will require 6-7 months’ time.
Replying to a question, Nasrul said that the government would try to ensure normal supply power during the Ramadan, adding, “We will be in a better position during the holy month.”
Natural Compressed Gas (CNG) refilling stations will remain closed from 5pm to 11pm during the Ramadan for smooth operation of power plants, the state minister added.
“Large scale power plants are yet to be put into operation. We need three more years for uninterrupted power supply along with upgrading transmission line across the country,” Nasrul said.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry on Tuesday suggested the government to solve the ongoing power crisis within the next 2-3 days.
It also asked public representatives and all the staff of the ministry concerned to perform their duties in a coordinated manner to resolve the ‘temporary’ electricity crisis.
The committee came up with the recommendations at its 31st meeting held at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) with its chairman Md Tajul Islam in the chair, said a Parliament Secretariat handout.
The parliamentary watchdog also suggested the Power Division to shut down the power plants that fail to go on production within the stipulated time.
It also asked the government to call for an inter-ministerial meeting for having a permanent solution to the electricity crisis and maintaining uninterrupted power supply during Ramadan.
For the last few days, power outage at peak hours has amounted to 2,000–3,200MW every day. The website of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) shows that the country has been experiencing the worst spell of load-shedding in the last nine years. This is in stark contrast to the previous year, when the government celebrated the generation of 15,000MW of power in the country.
According to BPDB website, on May 24, 2010, the highest generation of power was 4356 MW, and load shedding was 743 MW; on 24 May ,2011, the highest generation was 4837 MW and the load shedding was 707 MW; in May, 2012 the highest generation was 5782 MW; on 24 May, 2013, the highest generation was 5366 MW; on 24 May, 2014, the highest generation was 5705 MW and load shedding was 140 MW; on 24 May, 2015, the highest generation was 7394, on 24 May, 2016, the highest generation was 7878 MW and load shedding was 252 MW. On May 24, BPDB website showed that the load shedding figure was 979 MW. But the experts believe that this is not the accurate figure of load shedding. According to them it would be between 2000 MW to 3000 MW.
“The calculation is very simple. The captive power is more than 2,000 MW from outside which is not connected with the national grid. But within the grid, it is not possible to generate 950 MW of electricity out of the total amount owing to gas shortage. Besides, some private companies, such as Summit, require 1,200MW of electricity to maintain their plants,” said Abul Baser Khan, member of the power generation department of the BPDB.
“Not only are we able to generate 1,400 MW of power in the Asuganj zone, but we can also inject 1,200 MW of power in the grid as the Asuganj–Shirajganj grid line is under maintenance. Some accidents have happened this year and they are beyond our hand. We hope that the BPDB will able to generate 10,000MW of power from the next week and accordingly the situation will improve,” he added.
The official told the media that as per the schedule, the Summit Bibiyana 240MW and the Asugonj 360 MW plants will come into generation by tomorrow (26 may), while the 450 MW Meghnaghat plant will start power generation on 28 may. This is likely to provide some comfort to the people, he added.
Khan also said that the recent heat waves are adding to the woe of power cuts.
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Special Correspondent
The people are facing unbearable sufferings due to worst power crisis in nine years, coupled with heat waves sweeping across the country for the last six days.
The heat spell and power cuts have thrown normal life out of gear. No respite from the heat is imminent in the next two days as the chances of rainfall are slim. Day and night temperatures may remain nearly unchanged across the country.
According to official sources, the power crisis will continue till the arrival of the first drops of monsoon rain. The demand for electricity has skyrocketed very quickly, breaking the prediction made by the Power System Master Plan (PSMP).
Nasrul Hamid, state minister for power and energy, posted on his facebook account that the demand of power is 12,000MW this year, which is well past the 10300 MW predicted by the PSMP.
“The power situation is not going to improve significantly this year,” an official of the Power Division, pleading anonymity, told a Dhaka daily on Wednesday.
However, the state Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Thursday assured that the unstable power situation in the country would return to normalcy, to some extent, within Saturday.
“It’s an unexpected disruption of power supply due to the collapse of Ashuganj-Sirajganj tower because of a nor’wester and overhauling of eight power plants,” the minister said during a briefing at Bidyut Bhabana in the city.
The junior minister assured that power crisis will ease by Saturday as 10,000MW electricity will be generated from the power plants now under maintenance.
He said the authorities concerned have been working to repair the damaged tower, which will require 6-7 months’ time.
Replying to a question, Nasrul said that the government would try to ensure normal supply power during the Ramadan, adding, “We will be in a better position during the holy month.”
Natural Compressed Gas (CNG) refilling stations will remain closed from 5pm to 11pm during the Ramadan for smooth operation of power plants, the state minister added.
“Large scale power plants are yet to be put into operation. We need three more years for uninterrupted power supply along with upgrading transmission line across the country,” Nasrul said.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry on Tuesday suggested the government to solve the ongoing power crisis within the next 2-3 days.
It also asked public representatives and all the staff of the ministry concerned to perform their duties in a coordinated manner to resolve the ‘temporary’ electricity crisis.
The committee came up with the recommendations at its 31st meeting held at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) with its chairman Md Tajul Islam in the chair, said a Parliament Secretariat handout.
The parliamentary watchdog also suggested the Power Division to shut down the power plants that fail to go on production within the stipulated time.
It also asked the government to call for an inter-ministerial meeting for having a permanent solution to the electricity crisis and maintaining uninterrupted power supply during Ramadan.
For the last few days, power outage at peak hours has amounted to 2,000–3,200MW every day. The website of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) shows that the country has been experiencing the worst spell of load-shedding in the last nine years. This is in stark contrast to the previous year, when the government celebrated the generation of 15,000MW of power in the country.
According to BPDB website, on May 24, 2010, the highest generation of power was 4356 MW, and load shedding was 743 MW; on 24 May ,2011, the highest generation was 4837 MW and the load shedding was 707 MW; in May, 2012 the highest generation was 5782 MW; on 24 May, 2013, the highest generation was 5366 MW; on 24 May, 2014, the highest generation was 5705 MW and load shedding was 140 MW; on 24 May, 2015, the highest generation was 7394, on 24 May, 2016, the highest generation was 7878 MW and load shedding was 252 MW. On May 24, BPDB website showed that the load shedding figure was 979 MW. But the experts believe that this is not the accurate figure of load shedding. According to them it would be between 2000 MW to 3000 MW.
“The calculation is very simple. The captive power is more than 2,000 MW from outside which is not connected with the national grid. But within the grid, it is not possible to generate 950 MW of electricity out of the total amount owing to gas shortage. Besides, some private companies, such as Summit, require 1,200MW of electricity to maintain their plants,” said Abul Baser Khan, member of the power generation department of the BPDB.
“Not only are we able to generate 1,400 MW of power in the Asuganj zone, but we can also inject 1,200 MW of power in the grid as the Asuganj–Shirajganj grid line is under maintenance. Some accidents have happened this year and they are beyond our hand. We hope that the BPDB will able to generate 10,000MW of power from the next week and accordingly the situation will improve,” he added.
The official told the media that as per the schedule, the Summit Bibiyana 240MW and the Asugonj 360 MW plants will come into generation by tomorrow (26 may), while the 450 MW Meghnaghat plant will start power generation on 28 may. This is likely to provide some comfort to the people, he added.
Khan also said that the recent heat waves are adding to the woe of power cuts.
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