Introducing Extended Load Shedding
by Suresh Nair on Apr 25, 2008 10:43 AM
One of the Assembly elections in Maharashtra, the ruling Congress party promised free power to farmers as the Sena was contemplating making this promise.
The congress came to power and true to their word implemented the promise.
But although the power was free for farmers it was available only for a limited duration. The farmers merrily replaced their 5HP motors with a 10HP one as the work needs to be done faster. The demand for power increased drastically.
Today even the suburbs of Mumbai like Bhandup, Mulund etc face a 3 hour load shedding every day.
Although the free power scheme may be withdrawn the 10HP motor will never be replaced by a 5HP one. The peak demand has only increased disturbing even those who pay for power.
Beware of such tactics by politicians. Their short term gains will be your long term loss. Don't vote for any party which has only the interest of the party in mind. It is better to vote for independents if options are not available.
