IMPACT OF LOAD SHEDDING IN DHAKA CITY

Md. Shakil Ahmed (3-09-16-041) Sourov Mutsuddi (3-08-14-053) Romena Parveen (3-09-16-012) Amit Debnath (3-09-16-044) Nahid Rijwan (3-09-17-033)

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LOAD SHEDDING

Deliberate switching off of electrical supply to parts of the electricity network

Bangladesh is facing huge load shedding of electricity.

All part of Dhaka having load shedding of electricity everyday at least four to eight hours everyday.

To know about the detailed cause and effects of load shedding on people’s socio-economic life

Why this research

Whether there is any electricity outage, and the frequency of the problem.

Problems faced by general peoples due to load shedding.

How the peoples are tackling the power shortage problem in their day to day lives.

How is their perception on government’s role regarding the load shedding issue?

Suggestions.

Objectives

Age Gender Income level Occupation

Evaluation Variables

Research type – Exploratory Research Population size – People of Dhaka City Sample size – 100 People Sampling technique – Multistage Stratified

Random Sampling Nature of data collection – Primary data Data collection instrument – Questionnaire Data processing instrument – EXCEL

Methodology

FINDINGS & ANALYSIS

Frequency Distribution of Age

Frequency Distribution of Gender

Distribution of Occupation

Distribution of Income

Duration of Load Shedding

Occurrence of Load Shedding Period

Affected Activity

If adopted alternative measure

Alternative Type

Extra cost paid for alternative

Extra Cost Frequency5-10%  2210-15%  815-20%  1620-25%  9

As percentage of total cost of electricity

Respondents think they could reduce the loss of electricity at personal level

Does technical & administrative losses are the main reason for recent power crisis?

People’s perception on govt.’s role to meet up the load shedding problem

Type of Alternative - Adopted for alternative Cross-Table

Adopted for Alternative

TotalYes No

Type of Alternative

Generator 11  -  11

IPS / UPS 27  -  27

Rental Electricity 17  -  17

Others 0  -  0

Need Alternative - 29 29

Do not Need - 16 16

Total  55  45  100

Alternative type – income level cross table

Alternative Type

Not Using Alternative

 

TotalGenerator IPS/UPSRental Power

Income level

Below 3000 0 0 0 6 63000-8000 0 2 5 10 178000-15000 0 3 4 19 2615000-25000 3 21 8 10 42

Above 25000 8 1 0 0 9Total 11 27 17 45 100

CONCLUSION & THANKS