Dhaka, May 16 (BNA): Bangladesh faced its worst power outage in more than seven months as a deadly storm shut down two floating LNG terminals less than a month after a scorching heat wave caused widespread outages in South Asia. nation.
Reuters reports that millions of Bengali citizens have experienced frequent power outages in recent months, as erratic weather patterns and rising global energy prices have made fuel supplies to power plants unreliable.
Data from Bangladesh’s power grid operator showed that power supply was about 17 percent below demand on Monday while the deficit exceeded 14 percent on Sunday. The data showed that the worst shortages were seen after midnight.
The Bangladesh National Gas Company, which resumed operations late Monday, will boost supply by two-thirds to 500 million standard cubic feet on Tuesday, the chairman said.
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