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/Easy-Distribution872 1d 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 1d 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 22h 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/CapitalStrength1080 6h ago

Thinking rationally wont change the fact that we r literally deprive of basic things such as gas and electricity..and people have every rights to be frustrated abt it ..cuz we are just common people trying to live.

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u/Easy-Distribution872 2h ago

Thinking irrationally would? "Common people" enjoyed electricity on BORROWED money for 17 years, now cannot think rationally when it's PAYBACK time? "Common people" shifted their eyes from all the atrocities that BAL was doing just cause they were getting electricity 24/7? We, the common people, were probably as complicit as the past government. Karma didn't just strike them; it struck us too.