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Gas crisis leads to shortage of 728 MW in power generation

UNB, Dhaka
The Power Development Board claimed that the gas crisis has led to a shortage of 728 megawatts in power generation.
According to a senior PDB official, they had to either shut down or scale down operation of nine power generation units at different power stations across the country because of short supply of gas
The troubled plants include Raujan Thermal Power Station in Chittagong, Shikalbaha, two units at Ghorashal, Sylhet. Shajibazar, Haripur, Shiddhirganj and Ashuganj power stations.
The PDB generated about 3.500MW electricity against the demand for 4.500MWyesterday
However, experts believe the present demand for electricity is
over -1,700 megawatts, but PDB is hiding the fact
Io cope with the situation, the PDB and other power utilities have to resort to loadshedding of about 1,200 megawatts.
The capital city of Dhaka has to e x p e r i e n c e a bout 8 0 0 M W loadshedding against its demand for!800MWs.
According to official website of Petrobangla, the organisation now supplies 695 million cubic feet per day (mmefd) gas to power stations against their demand for 841 mmefd, which shows a supply shortage of 145 mmefd.
Similarly, the fertiliser factories are getting 289 mmefd gas against their demand for 233 mmefd.
Meanwhile, another UNB report from Chittagong says one of the two units of Raujan Thermal Power Station was shut down
completely while the other par dally early yesterday due to poor gas supply, causing frequent load shedding in different areas of the port city.
Power Development Board (PDB) sources said they were compelled to stop power production in unit no-2, which is capable of generating 220mw electricity, at about 1.30am.
The authorities also cut down production to 100 MWs in the 200-MW unit due to short supply of gas.
According to the sources, the station requires 56 MMC gas to run the station smoothly. But since Monday midnight, the Bakhrabad Gas Systems Ltd has been supplying only 20 MMCS for the plant.
Following the power disruption, city dwellers are suffering a lot while the outages also hampered production in mills and factories.