Gas crisis turns daily life into a costly struggle

By the time morning turned to noon, Amina Begum had already tried repeatedly to light her kitchen stove. But the burner would not ignite. With her children needing breakfast before going to school, she eventually had to buy food from a local vendor.

HOUSEHOLDS
Low gas pressure is forcing families to buy cooked food or switch to costly LPG
VEHICLE DRIVERS
Long queues at CNG stations are eating into working hours and daily earnings    
BUSINESSES 
Restaurants and food vendors face rising fuel costs, threatening operations, prices

For Amina, a resident of East Shahjahanpur, the gas crisis has turned an ordinary household task into an additional financial burden. With gas pressure remaining too low for cooking, her family is now having to rely on prepared food and expensive LPG cylinders �" costs that are increasingly difficult to fit into the monthly budget.
Amina’s experience is being repeated in households across Dhaka, where severe gas shortages have reportedly persisted since Wednesday night. In many residential areas, gas pressure remains extremely low from early morning until noon, while some consumers have reported complete interruptions in supply.
The shortage has forced many low- and middle-income families to buy food from restaurants and roadside vendors or switch to LPG and other alternative fuels, raising their daily expenses.
The crisis follows a mechanical failure at a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Maheshkhali in mid-July. The resulting reduction in gas supply has affected Dhaka and several other parts of the country, disrupting household cooking while creating a severe fuel crisis at CNG refuelling stations.
Residents in areas under the jurisdiction of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company have reported low gas pressure in Jatrabari, Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Adabor, Banasree, Rampura, Badda, Khilgaon, Uttara, Shyamoli, Kallyanpur, Demra, Basabo and Gandaria, among other areas.