‘A Message’

‘Low voltage from 2 years, students can’t study; water pump’s also not working, please help….’

A recorded voice message came today morning. A person called Shiv Prasad Sahu from Village- Sumerpur, District- Surajpur and Chhattisgarh has sent this message at around 7 in the morning. The message is saying that in the village there is only one transformer for around 1000 houses. It is been 2 years, the voltage of light is very low. Because of that, students from this village can’t study properly. It also affects the water pumps of the farmers. Villagers have complained many times to the Officers of Electricity Department but no action has been taken till now. Villagers are now requesting us…

A person recorded this message in the early morning, had told about problems within 3 minutes. I know how badly they are suffering from the last 2 years because, farming is the only means of earning for these villagers which is being affected because of low voltage. Above all this they really work hard every year in farming so that, their children can go school and continue their study. But again students won’t be able to give 100% because of law voltage which is causing eye problems.

This was the stated problems a person has told in this message but it does not end here… There are many other problems connected to this.  Let me explain- From the last two years, the villagers suffering from this electricity issue. The flickering bulb forced them to search for other source of light. And the alternative was lighting kerosene lamp at home. Government provides kerosene oil in minimum prices for poor, rural people but again the system of black marketing by the dealers decides the rate. (which is obviously high). Because of low voltage they have changed daily routine and get everything done before sunset. Why, because they have no option. If the students tries to study under that low voltage bulb, after sometime they are forced to wear glasses. And unfortunately our health department’s reaches all over the country except rural places like Sumerpur. And the low voltage, enables the water pumps to work properly which again making the farmers beggars. 

At last this person has recorded a message with the expectation of getting some kind of help at present or in the future. Will it get heard by people, who knows? Will people try to help them, who knows? It was ‘a message’. It might get place in tomorrow’s newspaper, it might not. Depends on the newspaper organization whether this message satisfy their demands of news or not. It depends.... May be some NGO can go and visit the place and try to understand the situation, or may not. May be in future some writer will mention something about this because it is related to education, maybe not…

But it explains the problem; a big problem, which has to be covered and considered…