Indian authorities need to see the flipside of their self-projection of india as the next global power. This sanitised version has not many takers abroad, it seems.
The British newspaper Daily Mail ran a story last week on the dangerous electric lines that cover the skies of most cities.
The report focusing on Old Delhi begins by wondering at the task of an electrician in India in the times of power-cut. "This is the neightmare facing power workers in Old Delhi where tens of cables get so tangled up that it is almost impossible to tell which wire goes where,"it says.
In the capital city electricity cables remain tangled in the skies above hundreds and thousands of people who are oblivious of the danger.The live-wire meshes that pose a safety risk hardly get any attention. Everybody seems to take things for granted.
The only time people take any "extra care" is during monsoons when the water-clogged streets and overhead electric wires could become dangerous.
In New Delhi, the nations capital, government has been planning to take wires underground. Thanks to bureaucratic delays, works haven't yet taken off. The report also mentions last year's major power outage over two days left 670 million in dark.
It is time authorities stopped bragging and started doing things.
The British newspaper Daily Mail ran a story last week on the dangerous electric lines that cover the skies of most cities.
The report focusing on Old Delhi begins by wondering at the task of an electrician in India in the times of power-cut. "This is the neightmare facing power workers in Old Delhi where tens of cables get so tangled up that it is almost impossible to tell which wire goes where,"it says.
In the capital city electricity cables remain tangled in the skies above hundreds and thousands of people who are oblivious of the danger.The live-wire meshes that pose a safety risk hardly get any attention. Everybody seems to take things for granted.
The only time people take any "extra care" is during monsoons when the water-clogged streets and overhead electric wires could become dangerous.
In New Delhi, the nations capital, government has been planning to take wires underground. Thanks to bureaucratic delays, works haven't yet taken off. The report also mentions last year's major power outage over two days left 670 million in dark.
It is time authorities stopped bragging and started doing things.
