A RESOLUTION...

A birthday bash, balloons and frills, cokes and colas, happy, smiling faces, aroma of cakes and delicious cuisines and everybody is waiting for the sweet, birthday girl. Here, she arrives and is ready to cut the cake and the next moment there is chaos, confusion, children screaming, moms scratching and infants crying. All thanks to our electricity department. You would all agree that life comes to a still with ‘switches being switched off.’

You turn the pages of the newspapers and daily you would come across the problems face dby locals due to electricity shortage. This acute problem is being faced by farmers, professionals, hospitals etc. to name a few of them. Our society is no exception. To improve electricity conservation in our area, a meeting was held in the community hall; all the residents including president and secretary were present in the low capacity room of the hall. Everybody was eager to put their individual discomfort but unanimously agreed to save electricity.

“Electricity saved is electricity produced.”

As one of the spokespersons, I decided to jot down all the suggestions given by my friends so that together we may draw any conclusion.

Later, as an active, enthusiastic participant I handed over the suggestions to the local council which included spree of dos and don’ts. ‘Restrict your usage’ and ‘switch off when not in use’ could bring a sea change in the consumption of electricity. Let us practice and teach ourselves not to overuse the electricity. Besides, these, switch off should be the vital slogan running throughout the areas.

‘Let us care and share.’

During day time, let the AC for living room work and all can sit around barring the use of ACs elsewhere. Another innovative idea was the use of CFLs which consume less electricity. General awareness through slogan writing, drawing competition, poster making could also be introduced regularly.

I hope, expect and insist that these suggestions would prove to be a milestone in conserving electricity.

Together we can and together we will bring a difference in this electricity deficient country.

About the Author:
The Author is Ms. Sonjuhi Khare, PGT English, Meenakshi Public School
www.meenakshipublicschool.com