Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- Residents of Dhaka South City Corporation's Jatrabari, Dania, Shonirakhra, Rayerbag endure a grueling 18-hour daily gas blackout, a torment that has plagued some 2.5 lakh people for a long year.
Despite faithfully paying their Titas Gas bills in full, families here find their lines dry during peak hours, forcing them to resort to hazardous electric stoves or skip meals altogether. This crisis, unfolding in the capital's newest ward, exposes glaring infrastructural failures and official indifference, leaving even local representatives powerless in their pleas for relief.
The ordeal pictures of daily desperation in this bustling neighborhood. Gas trickles in-if at all-only after 10pm, often vanishing by dawn, leaving house...