Saga of load-shedding!
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The above depressing news was published in the first page of most newspapers on the last day of 2007. A demoralising beginning of the New Year! The Adviser concerned prepared everyone for the worst in his press briefing. Despite all the plans, the proposed rationing (load-shedding) of electricity supply has condemned all of us to living in partial darkness. Hopefully, this time around it will be more democratically administered with equal misery for all and not favouring some at the expense of others, which was the practice in the past. Unfortunately, even the CTG with a simplified decision making mechanism, and more or less free from criticism and adverse comments has failed to make any headway in solving this number one problem of the country! Meanwhile we will continue to live in a power scarcity situation more or less round the year. In summer due to the "cooling, ventilation and air conditioning" (CVAC) load, and in winter due to the "irrigation load". There seems to be no light at the end of this dark tunnel of "no electricity" for us! The need for irrigation is critical, and cannot be avoided in any circumstances. However, the CVAC load in summer can be mitigated with some common sense approach and regular monitoring by the power distribution staff. Unfortunately, this monitoring can lead to corrupt practices; particularly palm greasing-- in which we are second to none!
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