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Erratic power supply

Erratic power supply

Power supply in Thripunithura has become erratic. The Kerala State Electricity Board does not alert consumers about power shutdown. The supply just goes off for long hours.

The Board is mum on why this happens often. One suspects that the Board workers are not doing maintenance work promptly and are carrying it out only during office hours.

For instance, on the night of September 25, supply in Kannankulangara area went off around midnight and was not restored till the next afternoon.

The stock reply from the officials is that some line has snapped and the staff are attending to it. Will the district-level authorities of the Board intervene to see that no area goes without power for long hours.

Shantimol Varghese,

Thripunithura.

Ban all plastic bags

Indiscriminate use of plastic bags has become a threat to the environment. They form a major portion of garbage in every town or city, posing a major headache for civic bodies, as safe disposal of plastic waste is imperative. An announcement in the Assembly by Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan that the State Government will soon bring a law to prevent sale of plastic carry bags with less than 30-micron thickness is welcome.

It will be difficult to prevent sale of only such bags. There should be a total ban on plastic carry bags, irrespective of the thickness. Also, awareness programmes must be conducted from the school level itself to educate the young generation about the hazards of plastic waste. We must leave behind a beautiful and healthy environment for our children. Do not let a few peoples' moneymaking mentality spoil God's Own Country.

P.T. Abraham,

Kochi.

Clean canal

The 5.5-km Rameswaram-Calvethy Canal is a breeding centre of mosquitoes. In the 2003-04 financial year, the Kochi corporation spent Rs. 1.33 crore, under a British financial project, on cleaning the canal, but nothing has happened. Mosquitoes still breed in the canal, from Rameswaram, near Thoppumpady, to Calvethy, near Fort Hochi Customs Jetty.

The corporation could have cleaned the canal using the huge amount, similar to what has been achieved by the Greater Ganga Project.

Without cleaning it, people of west Kochi will not get sound sleep.

They are deprived of legitimate rights, such as drinking water.

Three-fourths of the water pumped from Aluva is distributed in Ernakulam and only the rest in west Kochi. The share of the latter also goes to ships at the port.

Water from hand pumps contains waste, spreading many diseases.

Where should the people lodge a complaint? The corporation should first take immediate steps on a war footing to clean the canal to save the people from chikungunya and dengue.

S. Padmanabha Mallya,

Kochi.

Thripunithura.

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