The ongoing energy crisis is severely affecting garment production and shipments from factories, especially those located in the Ashulia and Gazipur industrial belts, industry insiders say.
They claim that the production capacity of the factories has decreased by 25-30 per cent due to the lack of required gas and electricity.
Readymade garment (RMG) sector leaders held a meeting with the energy minister recently and called for uninterrupted energy supply.
They also requested cooperation in resolving the existing gas and electricity crises in the industry and expanding renewable energy to continue production in the RMG sector.
The BGMEA said the factories located in the main industrial belts of Ashulia and Gazipur on average need 400-450 liters of diesel to run generators during lead-shedding of up to four hours.
It recently asked its member factories to provide the daily requirement of diesel to run generators during power cuts of up to four hours in order to continue production.
