Residents of some Dhaka areas will experience power cuts for up to eight hours on Monday, according to the new schedule for load shedding released by Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (DESCO)
DESCO areas include Uttara, Gulshan, Baridhara, Bashundhara, Banani, Badda, Uttarkhan, Dakkhinkhan, Agargaon, Mirpur, Kafrul, Kalyanpur, Khilkhet, Pallabi, Rupnagar and Tongi, reports UNB.
Consumers under Dhaka Power Supply Company Limited (DPDC) will see power cuts for 4-6 hours.
The load shedding schedules can be found on the DPDC and Desco websites.
On October 11, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid urged people to be patient during the ongoing power crisis that has triggered 5-6 hour long daily load shedding in and outside Dhaka city.
He said the people have to wait until November for power supply situation to improve.
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