In search of Electricity/ Light: Dilemma of Load Shedding

, Posted by Mehreen

Fri, Jul 17, 2009

Yesterday, I went to my tailor after 2 weeks to take back my clothes. When I enter into the shop there was a dim light of candle. I asked the tailor about the clothes and he said,

Electricity Dilemma “ Baji kapre tu abi nahin banay”, and when I asked the reason he said, “ baji bijli nain itna tang kia wa hai, hum log kaise kam karain?” and I was speechless. So, I came back home and on my way back to home I was thinking he has a genuine problem and he can’t do any thing about it. He can’t afford to have a UPS or generator to get his work done. And even if one can afford, to charge the UPS you need electricity and to run a generator you need patrol the prices of which are moving with the speed of light. So, I have question with the concerned authorities, what these people should do whom businesses just depend upon electricity. How they can earn their living when there will be no work? On the other hand in news I heard that government is planning to increase the price of electricity by 5%. I just want to know when you are not providing electricity then from where these people will earn and how they are going to pay the high bills of electricity? Government should do something before it’s too late because there is a limit to everything in this world.

Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Minister of Water & Power claims that electricity crises will be over no longer than December 2009, which clearly seems impossible. So, again some lame promises from the Government in this regard. Next time, I hope, people will think before they vote. It’s not a game of emotions, it’s about Pakistan and we should be very careful electing people otherwise we will encounter incompetent leaders like we have in this Government.