Residents of some Dhaka areas will experience power cuts for up to eight hours today (October 17, 2022). Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (DESCO) has published the new schedule for load shedding on Monday.
DESCO areas include Uttara, Gulshan, Baridhara, Bashundhara, Banani, Badda, Uttarkhan, Dakkhinkhan, Agargaon, Mirpur, Kafrul, Kalyanpur, Khilkhet, Pallabi, Rupnagar and Tongi.
Consumers under Dhaka Power Supply Company Limited (DPDC) will see power cuts for 4-6 hours.
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The load shedding schedules can be found on the DPDC and Desco websites.
On October 11, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid urged people to be patient during the ongoing power crisis that has triggered 5-6 hour long daily load shedding in and outside Dhaka city.
He said the people have to wait until November for power supply situation to improve.
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Prime Minister’s Energy Advisor Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury yesterday said there is no immediate solution to the ongoing load shedding in Dhaka, as the government has reduced import of primary fuel to conserve foreign currency reserve.