Power crisis
The ruling duo of BNP and Jamaat is definitely playing a cruel game with the people whom they duped into voting for them in the last election. The present outrageous load-shedding and mismanagement has exceeded all limits of tolerance. In the last month of their rule, the government approved multiple projects and commissioning of new power stations to appease the voters. Even hoodwinking has got limits. All these years they were sitting on the projects and could not take important decisions. They are so apathetic and oblivious of the country and peoples' needs! In their 'misrule' BNP-Jamaat has added only a limping 80MW Tongi power station which has tripped more than 75 times after becoming operative! The shortfall is around 2,000MW.
BNP-Jamaat is leaving a very unpleasant and heavy task for the next government.
They are pushing the country into "Aiyame Jaheliyat"(age of darkness) both metaphorically and practically. Load-shedding and electricity deficit will continue to affect our industrial, official and domestic lives for at least five more years, even if the next government is sincere. The next government should prioritise and decide on the power plants with capacity for generation of at least 3,000MW within three months, and act quickly.
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