Last week something incredible happened in India. Something, that caught the world's eye. Something, which questioned India's ambition to become a superpower. Something, which was a shame for India.
Yes ! I am talking about the Power Grid failure which happened in India recently that left 22 states and more than 650 million people powerless.
The power failure or what I call it as The Great Indian Blackout (TGIB) was indeed a great tragedy which should never have happened in the first place. I am not going to blame anyone or analyze the root cause of the problem. But, as a citizen of India, I think I should write about the repercussions of such a catastrophic event.
I personally didn't experience TGIB as I live down south but I keenly followed every article and news piece written on this issue. When I first heard the news, it was quite a shocker due to its scale, but eventually it started to sink in as such a thing could easily happen in India.
I could easily relate this situation to a movie 'Die Hard 4.0'. In that epic movie, a concept of fire-sale is presented. The idea is to breakdown the society bit by bit. So first, the traffic signals are killed off. So, there is chaos on roads. Next, they kill the communication systems and internet. Lastly, they shutdown the utilities like power, water, gas, etc to decapacitate the entire city.
So, something similar was observed during these 2 days of TGIB. As there was no electricity, the traffic signals were not working resulting into a chaos on roads. Hugh traffic jams were seen everywhere. Also, no power meant no electric signalling for metro and railways and these public transport systems were at standstill. No power also resulted into shutting down of water pumps and water purification plants which ultimately led to water woes. Lastly, without power, there was no internet working as majority of the servers were down and phones/laptops were switched off due to drainage of battery. Even hospitals were without electricity. Infact, India borrowed power from Bhutan to restore some basic amenities.
Hence, TGIB was a total disaster for India. As per the records, India is 10% deficient in its power production requirement which is hampering the progress of the nation. Industries, farmers and even common men face long hours of power cut on regular basis. The place where I currently stay has 2 hours of mandatory power cut. So, is this the idea of developed India ? Hell no. But we are a developing nation. The Govt. is trying to bring up the power infrastructure in its next five year plan and I hope that this time some stern steps are put into place to strengthen our energy production.
Are there any positives to be taken from TGIB ? Definitely. This event has shaken up the people of India. No Indian ever thought that such a kind of event would happen but now as India along with the world has witnessed it, I think this will act as a wake up call which would lead to a great change. I am hoping that India fight back and show the world that India too can become a superpower with 24x7 power.
Yes ! I am talking about the Power Grid failure which happened in India recently that left 22 states and more than 650 million people powerless.
The power failure or what I call it as The Great Indian Blackout (TGIB) was indeed a great tragedy which should never have happened in the first place. I am not going to blame anyone or analyze the root cause of the problem. But, as a citizen of India, I think I should write about the repercussions of such a catastrophic event.
I personally didn't experience TGIB as I live down south but I keenly followed every article and news piece written on this issue. When I first heard the news, it was quite a shocker due to its scale, but eventually it started to sink in as such a thing could easily happen in India.
I could easily relate this situation to a movie 'Die Hard 4.0'. In that epic movie, a concept of fire-sale is presented. The idea is to breakdown the society bit by bit. So first, the traffic signals are killed off. So, there is chaos on roads. Next, they kill the communication systems and internet. Lastly, they shutdown the utilities like power, water, gas, etc to decapacitate the entire city.
So, something similar was observed during these 2 days of TGIB. As there was no electricity, the traffic signals were not working resulting into a chaos on roads. Hugh traffic jams were seen everywhere. Also, no power meant no electric signalling for metro and railways and these public transport systems were at standstill. No power also resulted into shutting down of water pumps and water purification plants which ultimately led to water woes. Lastly, without power, there was no internet working as majority of the servers were down and phones/laptops were switched off due to drainage of battery. Even hospitals were without electricity. Infact, India borrowed power from Bhutan to restore some basic amenities.
Hence, TGIB was a total disaster for India. As per the records, India is 10% deficient in its power production requirement which is hampering the progress of the nation. Industries, farmers and even common men face long hours of power cut on regular basis. The place where I currently stay has 2 hours of mandatory power cut. So, is this the idea of developed India ? Hell no. But we are a developing nation. The Govt. is trying to bring up the power infrastructure in its next five year plan and I hope that this time some stern steps are put into place to strengthen our energy production.
Are there any positives to be taken from TGIB ? Definitely. This event has shaken up the people of India. No Indian ever thought that such a kind of event would happen but now as India along with the world has witnessed it, I think this will act as a wake up call which would lead to a great change. I am hoping that India fight back and show the world that India too can become a superpower with 24x7 power.
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