by all accounts appearing in hindu, karnataka is heading for a power shortage situation.

and the govt seems to be responding in several ways. some of the potential responses from the karnataka govt side are,

1. discuss buying additional power to bridge the gap.
2. enforce load shedding
3. brutally push future destructive projects in places like udupi, tadadi, gundia, etc

i have a question. bangalore is a major place where electricity is being consumed massively by affulent software people and software companies (apart from other sections of the bangalore society).

bangalore is also a place with balmy pleasant weather hardly calling for A/C or fans or coolers or heaters, etc.

why can't govt enforce mandatory power shedding every day throughout bangalore at specific times. important places like hospitals, elder care homes, kids schools, etc can be supplied 24*7 electricity. but most other places can be included in load shedding.

is it a human law that electricity has to be available 24*7*365*lifetime? can't bangaloreans cope up couple of hours of no-power? can't they save electricity by switching off their massive tv sets, powering down their computers, using extra blankets to sleep, etc.

the karnataka govt should go ahead and implement planned outage and educate their citizens the need to conserve power. the tough choice in front of the dy cm of karnataka is but an illusion as the 'consumers' can always consume less if that reduced consumption can help the environment and environment depenedent people.

because unlike america, india has to be careful with electricity because electricity to affulent indians comes at a huge environmental and social cost.