ARUN BIKASH DEY, Ctg

For Shuvechchha Ghosh, a resident of Askar Dighir Par in Chattogram city, life has become unbearable due to frequent power outages amid sweltering heat and high humidity.

“Load shedding has been occurring seven to eight times daily over the past week. My five-year-old child can hardly sleep at night because of the outages in this heat,” she said.

Shuvechchha’s ordeal is shared by thousands of residents across the port city, including those in Askar Dighir Par, Chawk Bazar, Panchlaish, Katalganj, Bakalia, Kazir Dewri, Oxygen, Chatteshwari Road, and Lalkhan Bazar, among other areas.

“Even during the monsoon, the temperature remains unusually high. Frequent load shedding makes the situation worse,” said Md Rajib of the City Gate area.

The maximum temperature in the city was recorded at 33 degrees Celsius yesterday, with average humidity at 69 percent, said Bishwajit Chowdhury, forecast officer at the Chattogram Met Office.

Akbar Hossain, assistant director of PDB, said the region was receiving roughly 100 MW less than its daily demand, forcing rotational load shedding.

Chattogram’s daily power demand usually fluctuates between

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