That's interesting John! I think measures like these are a reflection of citizen involvement in running their own affairs -- in howsoever minor a manner.
There seem to be a lot of automatic timer switches too, even for sale in India. Wonder if these would be economically viable and sustainable (meaning, not needing to be replaced every few months, as our tubelights do, apparently due to questionable tendering procedures and maybe corruption too): http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=automatic+timer+switches+india&aq=f&oq=&aqi= At present, because office (or temporary) staff is used to switch on/off the lights, what often happens is that they are switched on bright and early (when there's still an hour or so of sunshine left) and put off only after 7 am or so! FN 2009/12/2 John DSouza <[email protected]> > Dear FN, > > In some places of rural Europe, Canada and the US, all light poles have > switches and the citizen living nearest or a passerby puts the lights off or > on. I did this once in Utah. > -- Frederick Noronha :: +91-832-2409490 ANOTHER GOA: http://tiny.cc/anothergoa Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fredericknoronha Writing, editing, alt.publishing, photography, journalism -- This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en Please post regularly to keep the e-village active!
