Dhaka: As people keep on suffering due to frequent load-shedding amid sultry weather, State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid on Wednesday said it will take two to three days more to get rid of the problem.

‘We hope, the situation will improve within two or three days,’ UNB quoted him as saying while briefing the reporters at his ministry.

Blaming the strike by vessel workers that heavily disrupted fuel supply to power plants, the junior minister said it has also affected the gas production.

Admitting that there has been a fall in the country’s power generation by over 700 megawatt (MW), he said gas fields had to reduce gas production as huge condensates are being deposited for not being transported by vessels.

‘When the condensates will be removed from the fields, the gas production will go up and it’ll finally help improve the power generation,’ Nasrul said.

More than 3000 MW of electricity is produced by liquid fuel which is mostly used by the private sector in rental power plants while the remaining 5,000 MW generation comes from gas-fired plants.

For the last couple of days since the start of the vessels strike, the power supply recorded a shortfall of 701 MW against the demand for 7567 MW.

Dhaka is experiencing 177 MW of shortfall against the demand for 3000 MW while Chittagong faced 85 MW against the demand for 860 MW.

Among other regions, Khulna is facing 99 MW electricity shortfall against 890 MW demand; Rajshahi 107 MW against 825 MW; Comilla 62 MW against 675 MW; Mymensingh 44 MW against 442 MW; Sylhet 51 MW against 300 MW; Barisal 20 MW against 175 MW and Rangpur 56 MW against 400 MW demand.

Nasrul Hamid said the worst victim of the power cut is the irrigation sector as this is their peak time for water supply.