Dhaka, April 1 -- Electricity generation across the country dropped by around 20 per cent due to a fall in its demand as most of industrial units, offices and businesses remained shut to stem the spread of Coronavirus.
State-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) is keeping the country's overall electricity generation lower due to less demand, BPDB director, public relations, Saiful Hasan Chowdhury told the FE on Tuesday.
Some power plants were asked to suspend operations and some were kept under maintenance work, he said.
According to the BPDB statistics, the countrywide electricity generation during day peak hours on Monday was around 7,000 megawatt, about 20 per cent lower than the generation during pre-holiday period, which wa...