The Crippling Power Crisis

The power crisis persists unabated, threatening to obliterate any progress that is being made towards achieving the country's development goals, as more and more sectors get affected, and tens of millions of people suffer, deprived of the kind of life they can reasonably expect to lead in an emerging country.

The government must come to recognise the magnitude of the problem, and also its repercussions. The time has come for the government to take stock. It must now be ingrained like some mantra in the hearts and minds of the administration that our number one priority must be to eradicate the power crisis, by whatever means necessary. This present government cannot be blamed for the current crisis. It is a problem that has accumulated over the years, under previous government.

But going on blaming them for our present woes will not get us anywhere. We are quite aware of their failures. How we voted in the last elections is enough reflection of that what we want to see now is what this government can provide as an alternative. It is the one arena where they have the greatest opportunity, albeit with the greatest obstacles, to prove their mettle.