Daylight saving plan
I fully support the views about DST of Dr Q.M. Ohidul Alam which was published on August 2, 2009.
This new timing has not improved the situation, load shedding is going on as before and the change of timing has created confusion in people's minds. Many people have not adjusted the clock to the new timing, they prefer to maintain the old routine. Dr Ohidul Alam has rightly pointed out that in the western countries DST is practiced not for saving electricity, there is no scarcity of it.
In summer the sun sets very late in these countries and they utilize the daylight but in our country the difference between days of summer and winter is negligible, so we do not see any logic behind the DST scheme. The government should abandon DST and concentrate on building new power plants, stop unnecessary use of electricity which we see in shopping malls and in many other places. People also must refrain from wasting it, they should switch off lights, fans when they go out of the room and air conditioners should be used frugally.
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