Stop wastage of power
Photo: Amirul Rajiv
Of late, people's lives have become miserable due to frequent power outage. This menace is increasing day by day. The authorities seem to have turned a deaf ear to public sufferings. Instead of mitigating the sufferings of city dwellers they boastfully announce more power cuts in near future. Earlier, power was cut for one hour at a time at a certain place, but now that timing has been extended to two hours at a time-- to the great sufferings of all in this hot humid summer. Earlier, the government took a suicidal step to increase power generation by suspending gas supply to the fertilizer factories and diverting the gas to the gas based power-generating plants. For sometime the government adopted the policy of daylight saving. This step did not last long as it brought more sufferings, especially to the tiny tots who were asleep in the transports while going to school one hour earlier in the morning. In this power situation, the government may stop illumination of skyscrapers, high-rise buildings and big establishments to mark national days.
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