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Unit: 11; Lesson: 1(B); Renewable Energy Sources -1

Sohan lives in a village in the south-west part of Bangladesh. Last night he could not sleep. His sister had the SSC exam next morning. She could not read either.

āĻ¸ā§‹āĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¨-āĻĒāĻļā§āĻšāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļā§‡ āĻāĻ• āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ—āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ˜ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§‹āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ¸āĻāĻ¸āĻ¸āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§€āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ“ āĻĒā§œāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤

There was-load shedding. The summer night being sticky hot, life became hell without electricity. Most of their area remained dark for hours due to power shortage.

āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŸ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§€āĻˇā§āĻŽā§‡āĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ āĻ–ā§āĻŦāĻ‡ āĻ…āĻ¸āĻšāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ—āĻ°āĻŽ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžā§Ÿ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§€āĻ¤ āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻš āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ•āĻŸā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡ āĻ˜āĻŖā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻ˜āĻŖā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ…āĻ§āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

In May-June, temperature shoots up to 40 degree Celsius. With almost 90 per cent of humidity in the atmosphere, it becomes all sweat, wet, damp and stinky.

āĻŽā§‡-āĻœā§āĻ¨ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻž ā§Ēā§Ļ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§€ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ˛āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒā§‡ā§ŒāĻ›āĻžā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§Ÿ ā§¯ā§Ļ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¤āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ­āĻŋāĻœāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¤āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ“ āĻ†āĻ āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡āĨ¤

When you are busy fanning yourself all the time, how come you concentrate on studies? In the
night it is impossible to sit in the study with a candle light or table lamp or hurricane lamp or a rural kerosene lamp.

āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻĒā§œāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻĻā§‡āĻŦā§‡? āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦā§‡āĻ˛āĻž āĻŽā§‹āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ†āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻŦāĻž āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‡ āĻŦāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻŖ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ°ā§‹āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻĒā§œāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻž āĻ…āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāĨ¤

People simply come out of houses almost bare-bodied and sit in the open places. Some splash cold water on their faces. Fans are still, lamps are out and it is dark everywhere. It is simply unbearable.

āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤ āĻ–āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ—āĻžā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ˜āĻ° āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ–ā§‹āĻ˛āĻž āĻœāĻžāĻ¯āĻ—āĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāĻŸāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ° āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ­ā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻ¸āĻšāĻ¨ā§€ā§ŸāĨ¤

What is the reason of frequent load-shedding? Press reports say there is a shortage in electricity production.

āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻļāĻƒāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŸā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻŋ? āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻĻāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ˜āĻžāĻŸāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

According to the Power development authorities, the demand for electricity a few years ago was more than 6,000 MW* a day while the supply remained around 4,200 MW.

āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ā§ŸāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻž ā§Ŧā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ (āĻ›ā§Ÿ āĻšāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ°) āĻŽā§‡āĻ—āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻŸ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻš āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ ā§Ēā§¨ā§Ļā§Ļ āĻŽā§‡āĻ—āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻŸāĨ¤

In the rural areas, the Rural Electrification Board (REB) could supply barely half of the total demand which was around 2,400 MW per day.

āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻŖ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ•āĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§āĻžāĻ¤āĻžā§ŸāĻ¨ āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄ (āĻ†āĻ°āĻ‡āĻŦāĻŋ) āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŽā§‹āĻŸ āĻšāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§œāĻœā§‹ā§œ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻ§ā§‡āĻ•ā§‡āĻ°ā§‡āĻ“ āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻš āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻĻā§ˆāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§Ÿ ā§¨ā§Ēā§Ļā§Ļ āĻŽāĻ—ā§‹āĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻŸāĨ¤

In the capital city, the demand stood at around 1,400 MW while the supply amounted to 650 MW. As a result, load-shedding is unavoidable for the time being. But situation is improving very fast.

āĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§€ āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§Ÿ ā§§ā§Ēā§Ļā§Ļ āĻŽā§‡āĻ—āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻŸ āĻšāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻš āĻšāĻ¤ ā§Ŧā§Ģā§Ļ āĻŽā§‡āĻ—āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻŸāĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŸ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§œāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ…āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ° āĻ–āĻŦāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
01.  Sticky (adj)

02.  Remain (v)

03.  Muggy (adj)

04.  Temperature (n)

05.  Humidity (n)

06.  Atmosphere (n)

07.  Fan (v)

08.  Concentrate (v)

09.  Splash (v)

10.  Unbearable (adj)

11.  Frequent (adj)

12.  Authorities (n)

13.  Rural (adj)

14.  Unavoidable (adj)

15.  Load-shedding (n)

16.  Power Shortage

17.  Impossible (adj)

18.  Concentrate (v)

19.  Damp (adj)

20.  Production (n)

21.  Development (adj)

22.  Rural (adj)

23.  Demand (n)

24.  Everywhere (adv)

ā§Ļā§§. āĻ†āĻāĻ āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹

ā§Ļā§¨. āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

ā§Ļā§Š. āĻ—āĻ°āĻŽ āĻŦāĻž āĻ†āĻĻā§āĻ°

ā§Ļā§Ē. āĻ¤āĻžāĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻž

ā§Ļā§Ģ. āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¤āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ

ā§Ļā§Ŧ. āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļ

ā§Ļā§­. āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§Ļā§Ž. āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻĻā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž

ā§Ļā§¯. āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāĻŸāĻžāĻ¨ā§‹

ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻ…āĻ¸āĻšāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ

ā§§ā§§. āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻļāĻƒāĻ‡

ā§§ā§¨. āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇ

ā§§ā§Š. āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ¯, āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻŖ

ā§§ā§Ē. āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŸ

ā§§ā§Ģ. āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻ˜āĻžāĻŸāĻ¤āĻŋ

ā§§ā§Ŧ. āĻ…āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ

ā§§ā§­. āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‹āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§§ā§Ž. āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¤āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§‡

ā§§ā§¯. āĻ…āĻ¸āĻšāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ

ā§¨ā§Ļ. āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻ¨

ā§¨ā§§. āĻ‰āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ā§ŸāĻ¨

ā§¨ā§¨. āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ¯ / āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻŖ

ā§¨ā§Š. āĻšāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻž

ā§¨ā§Ē. āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āĻ°