Lights, my ire.

18/01/2006.

What is the motto of our current government ?
'Sadak, Pani, Bijli' for all or 'Sirf Sadak ko Pani aur Bijli!'

Electricity, Roads & Water departments in New Panvel are under CIDCO's authority.
Strangely New Panvel & most of Navi Mumbai are reeling under load shedding for about 2.5 hours daily as this is winter. The hours would increase during summer season.

Ironically day before yesterday, in New Panvel, the street lights were ON, at about 11:00 am! and today on Sion-Panvel highway, the street lights were ON near Kalamboli & Kamothe node at about 11:15 am!

Some areas in New Panvel (eg Sukhapur) are facing water problems but the authorities have this precious commodity in abundance to water the 'cement dividers!'
The kind of signals such examples give is in no way indicating CIDCO is doing anything at all to curtail the acute electricity shortage.

Most of CBD 'The Nariman Point' of Navi Mumbai is facing load shedding from 11:30 am to 02:00 pm. Small business owners who can not afford inverters will have to shut down shops if our esteemed CIDCO keeps up this good work.

While India's economy booms, CIDCO is giving us a preview of our doom, that too, for no apparent fault of ours.

Authorities complain that they want to hike the meter rates, i say double them but please give us electricity; don't push businesses in to non-functional oblivion.
The world moves towards paperless office concept & we are now reforming our office to computer less!

And shamelessly enough, they want to fine people who 'use' more electricity. At least they are not 'wasting' it.

I feel that Vidarbha farmers & Thane's malnourished children are not enough to open their eyes. They want to kill small time entrepreneurs and businessmen as well; nice innovative way to keep population under control, eh!

People, don't be surprised if you see a 26 year old, expressionless, eyeing the tubelight utters 'BIJLI,' just like that old woman in movie Swades does, after she gets electricity in her house.

Welcome to Navi Mumbai, The City OFF 21st century.

Jai Hind!! Jai Maharashtra!!