97% Rohingya families use LPG

Dhaka Tribune
Mehedi Al Amin
January 8th, 2020

 File photo of a Rohingya camp in Cox's BazarSyed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka Tribune

The demand for firewood on average has dropped by 80% per household

At least 97% of Rohingya families are now using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) instead of firewood.

The demand for firewood on average has dropped by 80% per household in the Rohingya camps located around the Cox’s Bazar district, a year on from the advent of the refugee crisis in 2017.

Rohingya Refugee Camps Turn to LPG, Reforestation to Save Depleted Bangladesh Forests

IOM
International Organization for Migration
Published on 31 May 2019

LPG is reducing demand for firewood in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps.

Cox’s Bazar – Khair Hussein remembers when cooking a meal meant a back-breaking trek up a dirt slope to collect firewood from the nearby bush. He isn’t sure which was worse – the sweltering heat of the dry season, or the thick mud of the rainy season that made many paths impassable. As time went on, the bush receded and price of firewood from vendors doubled.