I too have empathy for the plight of this great school. I agree with Tony De
Sa, that the school authorities and parents need to put pressure on the power
minister. I dont believe that this can be resolved at the local Electric
sub-station level or even with monetary support from the people of Saligao and
neighboring villages. Unless the school thinks it can purchase and run a
captive power station to serve the exclusive needs of the school.
Such a scenario would be out of reach financially and entail its own set of
problems to acquire and operate. No this situation requires higher level
official intervention.
Frequent power outages, and low voltage have become a fact of life in Goa. Not
only are the frequent outages a great inconvenience, but I too have lost
several appliances including
my large Clothes Washing Machine which has comoputer controls that got burnt
and is beyond repair. The entire Washing Machine now requires replacement at
a substantial sum of money. At times our Micro Wave runs but does not heat.
When I checked the incoming voltage level it was 160 Volts instead of the
normal 220V to 230 V . So the low incoming voltage is beyond the parameters
within which appliances work. Our lights also flicker and dim at times. I
used to have Stabilizers only for my Refrigerators, Airconditioners and TVs.
Now I am installing them on the rest of my
appliances.
In my jaded pessimism, I wonder whether the authorities that be are justifying
the low voltage on the lack of Power generation in the country as a whole, and
justifying the need for more Nuclear plants. Unfortunately with hotels, and
concrete jungles and industries sprouting all over Goa the problem can only get
worse.
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