Dhaka, Jan. 24 -- Despite chilly weather, the country is experiencing load-shedding due to fall in power generation because of a severe gas crisis.

The data of the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB), which controls the country's transmission system, shows that the country experienced about 322 MW of load-shedding on Wednesday (January 24) when the power generation fell to a level of 9113 MW at 9 am when normally the demand remains relatively lower during the peak winter compared with a day in the summer season.

In the summer, the demand goes up to 16,000 MW.

The PGCB data also shows that at the time the country's demand was 9450 MW and the gas-fired generation was reduced to a level of 4053 MW against its actual capacity of 11708....