Editorial
Load-shedding woes crossing limits
Tokenism can't do anymore
Many parts of the city plunged into darkness day before yesterday as the Dhanmandi Ulan power grid line went out of order adding to the misery of city dwellers. The Chairman of DESA says it may take two months to put the failed grids back into full operation, although some attempts in the meantime are being made to provide relief through alternative means. The long time suspected to be entailed in the repair work is because spare parts would have to be imported from abroad.Needless to say, the countrywide power outage is having disastrous effects on the lives of people, both in long and short terms. The media has already dealt with the various ramifications, ill-effects and consequences of the ongoing power outage. However, one particular aspect we would like to highlight is its serious consequences for the students scheduled to sit for their HSC examinations in about a week's time. This power outage unlike in other sectors will not only affect the exam results of individual students in immediate terms but will also cast a shadow on their future careers, the burden of which they will have to carry for the rest of their lives. It is a disquieting scenario for a developing society striving to reach higher productivity goals. Deeply concerned over the deteriorating power supplies as we are, we strongly believe that much of this crisis could have been avoided but for the lack of planning and proactive monitoring of the supply grids/power units by concerned agencies and the overall mismanagement of the sector by the administration. Surely, in the last four years most of the repair works of the major power grids could have been undertaken and by now completed. It is also our observation that much of the repair and maintenance work could have been carried out with our own resources.
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