Demand for around 200 megawatt power has dropped after the government put the clock back one hour in June, the state minister for power said on Thursday. "Load-shedding has eased to some extent compared with the past days," Enamul Haque said in parliament, replying to a written query from MP Nilufar Chowdhury Moni.
The Daylight Saving Time (DST) measure introduced last month reduced power demand of 150-200 megawatt (MW) in the evenings, easing the persistent load shedding situation by a small portion, according to Power Development Board.
The government's daylight saving time (DST) formula to save electricity is yet to have the desired effect in improving power situation even after seven days of its introduction, as people have not changed their lifestyle while offices and business establishments are not following the directive properly.
The recently introduced daylight savings time (DST) has brought no comfort to the people, psychological or physical, as it has not changed anything ostensibly. Power outages continue as frequently and as erratically as before and shops and malls, barring some, do not put their shutters down till late in the evening.
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Shamsul Haque Tuku said 205 megawatts of electricity was saved on the first working day Sunday since the daylight saving time was launched.
With the introduction of daylight saving time (DST) from Saturday, the country's major shopping malls, patients on medication, students and joggers said they had suffered much due to the unaccustomed change.
Microsoft Bangladesh announced a patch based fix to address the Day Light Saving Time (DST), which is supposed to be effective in Bangladesh from June 19th at 11PM on Monday.
The cabinet decided today to introduce daylight saving time (DST) to bring forward the Bangladesh Standard Time by one hour from June 19 midnight.
The government has agreed in principle to introduce daylight saving time (DST) soon to save energy.
The agreement was reached at an inter-ministerial meeting at the power ministry here on Tuesday.
