The Lonesome Road

The Government of Maharashtra finally woke up to the fact that they cannot afford the cost of the free power they have been doling out. For those in the dark (pun intended), one of the election promises made by the current ruling party was free power for all farmers. In order to reduce this huge expenditure, the government is proposing a few new rulings.

1) All farmers who need free power will have to get a certificate stating that they are in fact, farmers. Now this makes absolutely no sense - in our country, getting papers like this, is no big deal.

2) The free power bonanza will continue only till March 2005. I’m pretty sure that this ruling will not go dow too well with the “farmers” used to the free power.

The forces of Industry in Pune then requested the government to provide an islanding system for Pune. Mumbai has been under such a system for quite some time - making a power cut a rarity. However, this goal cannot be achieved till June 2005. Also, islanding by June also depends on the power generating capacity of the city. There are two power plants that are not operational yet. In fact, one of them has just begun construction. I think June ‘05 is a very optimistic target.

In other news, gamers of the world, rejoice! Hardwarezone has come out with the “must-have” gamer PC’s for 2005. AMD fans please head here and all Intel lovers head here .

Right. That’s all from me for now. Have a great day!