The city is getting expanded day by day, despite the fact that the different power supply and gas-supply authorities are not capable of supplying the required supply to the newly built houses in Dhaka.
Different real estate authorities are developing their building constructions continuously,
They are getting their permission from the Rajdhani Unnayn Katripakha (RAJUK) to build their buildings. RAJUK is also developing their new projects. According to them they cannot stop the permission of planning and developing as it may cause an adverse effect to the economy.
Currently many are using oil based generators to meet current demand but this is in a limited way and is very expensive. Gas is available in cylinders which is also very expensive.
However, by 1012-13 the situation of this scarcity of gas & electricity may be over.