Dealing with power shortage, Maharashtra way

Maharastra Energy Minister unveiled the plan to eliminate the power shortages in state in next five years. The most prominent figure in the plans seems to be the bill of Rs. 33000 crore.

Last ten years the congress government under Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh and the functionaries have done nothing for the power sector needs in the state. Barring mumbai the rest of maharastra is reeling under severe power shortages and is affecting the industry very badly.

But again, better late than never, in the election year government has tried to make for what they couldn't do in last ten years of their governance. The new plans will be supplanted by public private participation. If government plans are rightly implemented and planning bodies are right at projections then in 2012-13 state will have surplus energy.

Maharashtra's power crisis

Maharashtra's power crisis deepening day by day and yet Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh is seen enjoying bollywood events without any remorse. You can find him in front chairs of every award function in mumbai. He is less bothered about the responsibilities bestowed on him by the democratic setup of this country.

During the last 8 years rule of Congress and its allies, government has not shown any vision or rather understanding of the power crisis of the state. They say Maharashtra has a deficit of 5000 Mega watts this year, and nothing done in past few years to tackle this problem. First five years they just kept on blaming the previous government, and playing the secularism card to confuse the masses. Now the very same government which came to power on the slogan of government for poor, and backwards has made life miserable for the very same section of society by deepening power crisis and rising inflation.

If the elections were due in coming months, people would have kicked them out of power, that is quite evident in recent Municipal elections of Greater Mumbai.