IMPACT OF LOAD SHEDDING IN

DHAKA CITY
Submitted by

 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)
 LOAD SHEDDING

Deliberate switching off of electrical supply

to parts of the electricity network
Why this research
 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
Objectives
 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.
Evaluation Variables
 Age
 Gender
 Income level
 Occupation
Methodology
 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
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 Frequency

5-10%  22
10-15%  8
15-20%  16
20-25%  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

Yes No Total
Generator 11  -  11
IPS / UPS 27  -  27

  Rental Electricity 17  -  17

Type of Others 0  -  0
Alternative Need Alternative - 29 29
 
  Do not Need - 16 16
Total  55  45  100
 Alternative type – income level cross table

Alternative Type

 
Rental Not Using
Generator IPS/UPS Power Alternative Total
Below 3000 0 0 0 6 6
3000-8000 0 2 5 10 17
 
8000-15000 0 3 4 19 26
  15000-25000 3 21 8 10 42
Income level
 
  Above 25000 8 1 0 0 9
Total 11 27 17 45 100
CONCLUSION & THANKS