Adviser to the Prime Minister on Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury Bir Bikrom expressed the hope that the existing power crisis would ease in the country by next September if all become frugal with use of electricity, reports BSS.
"The Russia-Ukraine war has created energy and power crises in the country. This crisis has also occurred in other countries like Japan, Germany and Australia," he told a press conference after a meeting on the power and gas situation across the country at the meeting room of the Prime Minister's Office in the city.
The adviser said the use of air-conditioner (AC) in markets, shopping malls, mosques, offices and courts should be reduced to save electricity. The temperature of the AC should not be kept below 25 degrees, he added.
He suggested reducing office hours, saying that this will save a lot of electricity,
"The current situation is like a war. If we all work together, we will be able to overcome it," he said and mentioned that the Prime Minister asked everyone to be economical in electricity use for this reason.
He also said the shopping malls and social events need to be closed by 7 pm. Besides, if office hours are made 9am-3pm, electricity will be saved.
He said that in the current situation, everyone should work consciously to save electricity.
Load shedding will not be more than 500 MW per day if all become frugal in power use, he said, adding that according to the data, 14,500 MW of electricity will be required daily till September if everyone becomes economical in using electricity and it will be possible to reduce this demand to 12,500 MW.
