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Bangladesh PM calls for
power rationing
BANGLADESH BANGLADESH Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina crisis,” Hasina said.
has called for austerity in electricity consump- The government has ensured uninterrupted
tion and suggested scaling down power pro- power supply to every household in the recent
duction amid rising fuel prices triggered by the past, but now the prices of materials used for
ongoing war in Ukraine. power production have become exorbitant in
“We should be frugal in our consumption the international market, Hasina added.
of power. I’m also thinking about cutting back Prices of diesel, oil, LNG and coal have soared,
on power production for some time so that we while goods transportation has been disrupted
spend less on the materials used for power pro- due to the Russia-Ukraine war. “Not enough
duction,” Hasina said on July 5. ships are sailing and that causes a supply deficit
Highlighting power cuts for as long as 10 in Bangladesh and other countries,” Hasina said.
hours a day in the past, she said that “if we can “If we practise austerity, we can make some
make a roster for load-shedding in specific areas savings that will enable us to combat any crisis.”
at specific times, people can make preparations Hasina urged families to make sacrifices in
beforehand. We need to take such measures to the wake of the economic crisis plaguing even
avoid any problems in future.” developed countries.
European countries and the US are experi- “We shouldn’t allow any farming land or
encing high inflation along with a power crisis. water body to go unused. We can shield our-
“Bangladesh is aware of the situation and is tak- selves from the global recession if every indi-
ing measures to navigate the global economic vidual takes such measures.”
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