Saturday, March 31, 2007

Load-shading is it really needed or just a game!

Sometimes I feel like I am an educated illiterate. Every now and then so many messy things are happening around me and I am not responding!!!!!!! Though, I understand very little what is going around, but I feel I am right towards the truth. Despite of lack in data what my mind figures out matches the reality.
Let us talk about the politics in load shading! Once I got chance visit one hydro-electricity project. There were two turbines to generate the electricity; however, only one was functioning. I asked the engineer about the project, ‘why is it not working? Is the water insufficient or the technical problem?’ He replied “Mathi ko Aadesh”, i.e., order from the higher authority for not to run the turbine. I was so amazed, people are forced to live in dark due to load shading and the generator is not functional. What could be the reason behind? I wonder?
Politics to become rich; that is the answer I got when I discussed about the matters with different group of people. What I have heard is that high authority people are provided with commissions on the percentage basis if there comes some new projects.
By forcing citizens to live in dark, mafias are playing a game with us. They are somewhat successful to manipulate general people to make them ask for the new dams for the electricity. General people are so innocent that they don’t understand the politics and the game of the government mafia. To become rich they are demanding for new hydro-electricity project to overcome the existing load-shading. And they are searching for the big investor and the contractor who are ready to give good barbs.
If the policy makers and the leaders are fully committed to supply electricity to every house, why don’t they think and work for the micro hydro projects? These are the questions that are raised inside every heads with brains.

Wake up Kathmandu people!

Every individual is talking about new/inclusive Nepal these days. People of every corner are expressing their opinion for the new Nepal. But, what is the vision we make for the Kathmandu, till now I have not noticed any such debate among Kathmanduties.
Where we want our Kathmandu to be? Is the existing Kathmandu is okay for us or we need to think and plan for the new Kathmandu. I guess this is the most appropriate time to talk about new Kathmandu. So let us have debate for new Kathmandu and plan for it, otherwise we might left behind.