Power shortage
Photo: Raj Anikat/ Driknews
Much has been told and many opinions were expressed in round table conferences and seminars in the bevy of experts. But it's true that we are going to have a shortfall of near about 2,000mw of electric power in the coming summer. Leaving aside the public discomfort, our vital food production is bound to be jeopardized. It is a fact that rice cultivation needs lot of water and we need power to run the pumps. Seminars will not help stop the outage of power. To set up a generation unit needs not only money but time also. At least three years is needed to build a power station. And what will we do during this period? There is only one way to meet this crisis. We have to buy electricity from our neighbouring countries. Nepal and Bhutan are surplus in power. They are not unwilling to sell that to us.
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