Power Cuts and Politics
I’ve been in Madras for roughly a week, after coming back to the city, and there was power cut on three nights. I am wondering if this has got anything to do with the change of government. When the previous government was in place, there were far fewer power cuts, and if there was any power cut, it would last 6-8 hours. Being a power surplus state, one would expect far fewer cuts, but I remember far fewer cuts in the period 2001-2006.
Between 1996 and 2001, the most popular excuse for not doing homework was power cut. I remember using that excuse even if there was no power cut. Is the frequency of power cuts related to the party holding Fort St George? I wish I could gather data to do an analysis. Do others living in the vicinity of what I call old madras (areas populated before the IT boom) also share a similar feeling? My hunch is this difference, if any could be linked to the nature and magnitude of corruption. With MGR’s 10% system, one party could benefit from more development, whlie the other probably has other sources of income not linked to development. At the end of the day, it is personal financial gain which motivates our politicians to work
IT boom areas are new madras.. and george town would be old madras.
TN is not so surplus anymore. There havent been any major power station annoucements apart from Kondankulam Nuclear which will be ready in the 2010’s, and with indutries booming in last 3-4 years.. you get the picture.
Looks like a news item from Jaya TV !! :)
I don’t know if it can be called coincidence but calling it due to govt. change is somthing I may disagree though I am a fan of the AIADMK govt. On the lighter side, some say that during DMK regime, the mango season is at its best and the seasonal rainfall is always at a deficit ;-)
We had power cuts on three successive nights, or mornings I should say. It was bang in the middle of summer, when daytime temps. were touching 40. I think this happened about a month ago.
@TSK TSK
could you provide statistics to prove that there would be no surplus power production in TN??
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