Daylight saving
Among other considerations, one of the reasons for the birth and launching of Rural Electrification Programme was that the rural people go to bed too early thus wasting a lot of man-hours. It is an irony that now we can't provide them enough electricity in the evening hours to be more productive.
Day light saving is a smart idea. I am sure a lot of mathematics must have gone into establishing a co-relation between Day Light Saving and Energy saving. But there is even a smarter way to achieve the same goal. In summer months, we can start all our official, commercial and educational activities one hour in advance and revert back on the onset of winter. Playing with the clock will bring in a lot of chaos, confusion and embarrassment for the administration. I hope the Govt will review its decision. Just to paraphrase a common Bangla saying: an earlier minor embarrassment is still better than a grand disaster later.
We should save sunlight hours because it is of advantage to us and not because the rest of the world does it, and least of all, just because one of our neighbouring country has started doing it!
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