Is DST effective?

The Daylight Saving Time (DST), a buzzword nowadays, introduced by the government has not proved its effectiveness for better management of load shedding as expected, rather it is causing some misunderstanding among the people.
The government initiated DST, effective from June 19, with a view to saving electricity by forcing the offices and shopping malls to wrap up timely within 8.00pm. The plan of the government was to manage load shedding to some extent with DST, but it is causing a lot of trouble, especially for the students and the office-going people.
Now city dwellers are suffering more as many of the shopping malls and private offices keep themselves open defying the government order and are creating more pressure on the load management. Though it has been claimed that 205 megawatt of electricity is saved every day across the country, it is not practically visible.
The government needs effective monitoring so that the offices and shopping malls are wrapped up timely. To manage the load efficiently the government should have an unbiased attitude to all the areas of the city. For short-term solution, the government can take strong actions against the clients taking illegal connections and collect the overdue amount from the defaulters. The government should not provide electricity connection to the high-rise commercial buildings and they should be asked to have their own power facility.
The government has no option but to establish new power plants to produce more electricity. For this reason, it can promote private sector entrepreneurs to invest more in this thrust sector. The public-private partnership project taken in the budget for 2009-10 fiscal can have a role in solving the problem, I guess. The government must take the decisions timely, otherwise DST will be not only ineffective but unnecessary too.