Bangladesh authorities in World Cup plea 15/06/2010 |
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Bangladeshi authorities have urged manufacturing factories in and around the capital city of Dhaka to close early during the World Cup.
Football is hugely popular in Bangladesh but a shortage of power has prevented many from watching the tournament.
"We have issued the order to the factories to switch off for five hours every evening in a desperate move to save electricity so people can watch the play on televisions," said Saleh Ahmed, managing director of the Dhaka Electric Supply Company.
"This is an undesirable decision from an economic point of view but we were rather compelled," he added.
Bangladesh has two state-run agencies which supplies power to 12 million people in Dhaka.
Both agencies have decided to cut the routine evening one-hour power cut to 30 minutes during the World Cup.
Around 5,000 industries and factories will be affected, despite only 30% of the country’s 150 million people having access to electricity.
At least 30 people were hurt during violent scenes outside several power stations as frustrated football fans ran riot following blackouts during last Saturday’s game between Argentina and Nigeria.
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