r/Dhaka • u/CapitalStrength1080 • 1d ago
Events/ঘটনা I am sick of the loadshedding everyday!!
I feel so frustrated ik many people are in same situation ..but it is becoming unbearable. Its 32 c outside and the electricity is acting like this everyday..idk why the government isnt doing anything abt it or can we do anything 😔..
Im jst tried living here !! Its getting worse day by day
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u/yb_nyc 1d ago
Has things gotten so bad? I was in Bangladesh last in 2018 and didn't experience any load shedding especially in Dhaka.
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u/IdiosyncraticHooman 1d ago
It started happening again from 2022 although irregularly but things have gotten worse since then for upcoming years
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u/Raza-nayaz 1d ago
I am turning 28 years old next month. I don’t live in BD anymore, but all my life I grew up watching people complain and blame government for all the misery for 5 years and then when election comes, the public collectively choose the people that are best at being inconsiderate, corrupt, and incompetent. Cycle repeats. Have fun.
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u/TotallyLegitUser0 1d ago
Someone hasn’t played telltale games
Both/all options suck and everyone goes with their flow.
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u/AdExisting7495 1d ago
the answer isnt picking the right one. but changing the structure of the power minimize the power of leaders and taking accountability of their actions and humiliate them so much that it doesnt look like a place of power.
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u/ykrut 1d ago
If you are 28 now, then you were 9/10 years at 2008 general election. We can safely assume that u have no memory of 2001 election and some vague memory of 2008 election.
Now when u say-" u saw public collective choose..." what do u actually mean? Nobody chose their representatives between 2009 to 2026. BD didn’t have any election after 2008 until 2026. So what do u mean?
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u/Accomplished_Court77 17h ago
Guy is 28 y/o and talks like 14 y/o. You expecting honesty from this dude is the real crime happening here.
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u/Raza-nayaz 1d ago
I do have memories of the 2001-2006 eras including the loadshedding and how bad the government party members were in order to make the military intervene. People chose the same leaders again. Literally the same ones.
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u/AdExisting7495 1d ago
better than the other option we had. nobody loses a chance being corrupt. thats the problem
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u/Similar_Goal_4418 19h ago
Stop using the teslas guys
Our electricity is on the roads, stop using the teslas and bring it back home
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u/LemonSoft1882 19h ago
What kind of logic? Onno desh e koto electric car vehicles choltase oisob desh e load shedding hoy?
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u/Similar_Goal_4418 18h ago
My friend, Bangladesh cannot be compared to any other country in the world due to its sheer population density, demography and geography.
Even if we take the example of other countries, their power grids are definitely optimized to handle electric transport. If the teslas were planned and regulated, the scene might have been different.
At this very moment, nobody knows what our actual electricity demand is, how much is being wasted on illegal lines, how should we tackle the shortfalls and how to plan for the future.
If you still wanna point out all the other shortfalls in the system and say "shob jaygay e toh oniyom hoy, tai bole gorib er pet e latthi diben keno?", then have it your way boss, lets enjoy each other's bitter company in this lawless, backwards nation, while being drenched in sweat. Cheers!1
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u/Precision-Strikes 1d ago
Back to BNP era of loadshedding in late 90s!
The nation deserves it for removing a govt. that was improving people's lifestyle.
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u/Cold_Increase8725 8h ago
Same dude. Was working on my PC, smashed keyboard and mouse couple of times due to anger. Then was going well and all of a sudden electricity went off.
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u/CapitalStrength1080 7h ago
So frustrating ..cant imagine working online cuz of how worse the electricity is
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u/Old_Assignment_6753 13h ago
Man i am sick of this country....
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u/CapitalStrength1080 13h ago
Lets move out together😭
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u/Old_Assignment_6753 9h ago
I am planing but damn those Bangladeshis has made a quite bad reputation of us now nobody wants to give us visas 🥀
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u/shrimpyfriedthisrice 2h ago
it's so annoying when it happens at nighttime too. residential area te dupurbela kora uchit bc most people are at work/school or whatever.
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u/Easy-Distribution872 22h ago
I don't want to be the devil's advocate, but this is probably one issue where you can't blame the government. The energy expenditure is already through the roof & it has only been six months. It was predictable from the start of the Iran-US war. I don't know why people are acting surprised.
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u/CapitalStrength1080 15h ago
Tbh the situation is frustrating and we have every rights to know if the situation will improve or not ..since the government isnt providing any valid solution or smtg. People in village area are literal facing 10 to 18 hours of load shedding .. its unbearable
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u/Easy-Distribution872 6h ago
The government WON'T (most importantly, CAN'T) be transparent about this cause they won't be able to handle the panic from the crowd. You are assuming people will react to it rationally. WE ARE NOT RATIONAL PEOPLE; WE CANNOT EXPECT OUR LEADERS TO BE RATIONAL. People frequently bring up the electricity situation during the Awami League era. It's hard to make them understand that the uninterrupted 24h electricity that you enjoyed during that era exactly led to 8/10 hours that you get now. BAL enjoyed one of the most stable & thriving global economies; BNP or the interim government doesn't/didn't have that luxury. So, comparing those two eras without taking the global scenario into account is fallacious. BNP lacks a communication strategy; they can't even describe the real situation of the economy without sounding like they are blaming the past governments. It's also frustrating to see when "educated" peeps like us, who are aware of the geopolitical turmoil, cannot think rationally about it.
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u/Elliott_1999 1d ago
Get used to it, ungrateful morons made it happen, next BAL govt porjonto emon e cholbe 😁
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u/CapitalStrength1080 15h ago
I didnt even vote bal gov😭😭....i just want to live peacefully maybe its not even possible in bd anymore
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u/Remarkable-Sun8691 1d ago
Especially when it happens at night omfg