ELECTRICITY AND LOADSHEDDING

Electricity is the most convenient and the chief source of water. Petroleum is found in a few countries of the world. Its price has been raised so much that developing and underdeveloped countries find it very difficult to obtain it to meet their needs. Electricity is also not abundant. Electricity that is generated in Nepal is much below or need. It is generated in two ways-one is by burning coal. This power is called the normal power. The other is by using water power. It is called hydraulic power. It is also obtained by splitting atoms.

       As a result of the low production of electricity, the production in mills and factories is suffering much. Our industries can’t develop as much as we want. For want of proper supply of electricity production suffers. Besides its use in mills and factories and irrigation work it is used for domestic purposed –for light, fans, cooking, heating and ironing. Its low production had led to load-shedding. It affects production and causes great suffering to people. Now a day we all are familiar with expression “load-shedding”. Even a child cries out ‘load-shedding’ when the light is off. This load shedding is caused by the low generation of electricity. Here ‘load’ means the current supplied by a dynamo or generating station at any given time. Shedding means reducing the load or amount of electricity. So load shedding means that the supply of electric current has been reduced. As a result the supply is cut off in some area and there is load shedding there.

       Load shedding causes great loss, discomfort and inconvenience. A load shedding is harmful to the students because they have to study and to their assignments. Load shedding in the evening is very bad because we feel darkness in the time of light making. Sudden load shedding makes darkness and we must find matches, which is difficult. If we have not managed the matches in proper place darkness makes us crazy. The production of our mills and factories and small industries suffer much. Agriculture is also affected and pumps can’t work to supply water from the rivers, canals, ponds and wells to irrigate agricultural land. Office work suffers much as lights and fan are off. Trolley bus service does not work, Electric buses, trains, etc. stop anytime and passengers should wait for more time.

      A load shedding affects domestic life very much. Students suffer most as it hampers their studies, especially during the examination time. People are put into great inconvenience and they feel boring during sleeping time because fan and lights are stopped. We have seen that load shedding causes national loss and inconvenience as well as discomfort.

     As regards the generation of more electricity, more power plants need to set up. Every year more and more money is being spent for the erection of power plants. We hope to have sufficient electricity in the future for the development of industries, if more plants are set up.

AASHISH SUBEDI