Thursday, December 4, 2008

Armed groups of Madhesh, whose side are you on?

How hypocritical is the claim of Madhesi armed groups that they are fighting for the rights of the repressed Madhesis. Shame on those groups. You burn your own people and this is how you justify it? Loot the passengers, mostly Madhesis. Money and cell-phones of passengers, is that what you are fighting for? Spread terror among madhesis and ask for "reasonable" charities which in your definition are few hundred thousands, is this what you intend to accomplish? Bandits of madhesh. Stop calling yourselves the saviours of Madhesh.

45 hours of load-shedding every week? Holy......

There is just no end to complaining even though I don't want to. And this is how the government expects support from people. Imagine the situation. Industries, they are the hardest hit. And everyone is banged. The NEA justifies it by citing the receding water-flow. But, that is not the solution. Think of Nepalese government's ambitious policy of 10000MW by 2010, is it? The climatologists warn the glacier is receding and will continue to recede at an alarming rate. The evidence is right here, 45 hours of load-shedding due to receding water-flow which is obviously due to receding glaciers and yet the government is stressing on it.
The government should think again of its long-term policy. Potential does not necessarily mean you should exploit it. It should devise some plan to at least provide the immediate needs by alternative resources. Nuclear power is not a viable option considering the technological backwardness but solar and wind, though not cheap can obviously be used to fulfill the needs when the water-supply is low. Why is noone concerned?