Delhi Government has decided drastic measures to deal with the power crisis in the city. In a step to overcome the crisis the government has ordered:
· Shutting down of all shops in malls, shopping complexes and local market areas by 7.30 pm
· Markets to remain shut one day in a week
· Air-conditioners in government offices to be switched off by 6.30 pm
· Residents have been asked to use AC after 9.00 pm only
Although the chemists’ shops, restaurants and cinema halls are exempted. Industrial units, which work in shifts, have been asked to do away with the third shift-6.30 pm to midnight.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the high-powered committee on power led by power minister Haroon Yusuf and attended by MLAs Subhash Chopra, Narendra Nath, principal secretary power Rakesh Mehta affirming that the efforts could lead to saving 250-300 MW of power.
The decision of the government has met with a mixed response wherein people feel that evening is the only time when working couples get time out to go shopping as well as the weather too allows one to go out in the evenings only. The traders too feel that the decision is in a way going to bring down their sales as they also consent to the fact that most people come out to shop only in the evenings, due to the working schedules and the scorching heat.
The step is to overcome the power crisis but keeping in mind the needs of the shoppers’ and the traders’, government could have gone for a flexible approach, which would have been to shut down shops in the afternoons rather than in the evenings, which is when most shoppers shop and the traders do maximum business.
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I surely dont think that the governments order to close down the shops by 7.30pm on normal working days is a practical proposition!Has the government thought that how will the working population of the city manage if this order comes to force??I dont think so!!ALso,do they realise that this will surely result in revenue loss of worth crores of rupees for apni Delli??!!??
Instead of passing such orders,all we need to do is generate more electricity..and one way to generate more electricity is to SAVE ELECTRICITY!
Where does the government goes when the street lights across our city are kept on through the day light?When so many people under their nose steal electricity across the city??When people working in government offices dont bother to switch off the fans and AC’s simply because they are not supposed to pay bills from their own pockets!
All of us need to take the charge and see that WE as responsible citizens of this city should not let even a single unit of electricity go waste..instead of letting government pass such irrational orders!
WHAT SAY…??
Shveta Mahajan.