Those who said YES had this to say:
• Yes! As a layman, the government is pumping sufficient fund in power sector but it’s our power engg’s who cannot look beyond their salary and side incomes. Privatisation of power generation, distribution and revenue collection with govt subsidy will be feasible and efficient.
Those who said NO had this to say:
• No, Nagaland may be 100% electrified but in rural areas like ours (Phek District), power comes only once a week but we pay the bills in time for fear of disconnection.
• No, not at all. The manner in which the Government is managing the power crisis is shameful. The real reason is not the breakdown of the transformer, but it is caused due to lack of payment to the power suppliers in the north east. The government is lying to the people.
• Power supply management by Government should be condemned by one and all. Likimro project was also a total sell out.
• Whether it is power supply, road and transport, communication or infrastructure, the government seems to have no idea that we are at the bottom among all the states.
• No, but surely, ‘load shedding’ in Nagaland can now be referred to as ‘light-shedding.’ It’s really the predominant darkness shedding its light. Sad but true!
• Till date, the government has only managed to send the wrong bills and keep the state in ‘darkness’ 14 hours a day. Government is failing miserably in the power crisis!
• It hampers in various avenues, especially for students who face a terrible problem who can hardly afford it..... It’s time for us to decide that every dynamic power comes only when it is united in the main stream; likewise, we must be united to fight against exploitation and depression of alien country.
• Just one reason out of hundreds – dissatisfaction. The meter writer never bothers to take an update reading of the meters, instead makes an average of all the meters in the area assigned to him/her.
• The reason is loud and clear – when the govt cannot utilize the whole 75 MW generated from Doyang Hydel Project for Nagaland, where else could the problem lie? It’s as simple as one could imagine.
• Politicians do not suffer power crisis, the public do. Money has gone to their coffers. Otherwise they could buy power from other states.
• We get the major investment from the central government comparatively to the other states. Nagaland government has a very long way to go. Forget about the rural area that is being humiliated. Why doesn’t the government think about the Creator?
• Cities in Nagaland like Dimapur, Kohima, Mokokchung, and so on? Ask one thing to the government... can Nagaland really develop by competitively building the best domestic houses of the CMs and Ministers? Today’s youth don’t think so. Our eyes go weary over the use to candles and lanterns.
• Certainly not, areas like Kezekie in Kohima and Purana Bazar in Dimapur are the worst affected areas. Even when other colonies have power to enjoy to the full 24 hours, these are the 2 areas that have always faced poor power link. The Government has done no justice to this issue.
• They have not even tried to manage the problem. If the present state of things suggests anything then it is that the government does not understand the word management.
• Power supply a misnomer for there is no power! Ministers and officials since 1963 are responsible and should be booked with RTI’s help.
• It’s pathetic ….
• I always wonder why the government behaves towards the public in this way.
