In Assam I think it is more than a
question of day light saving. The India Standard Time (IST) which is
Chennai Time is more than 1 hour lagging Assam Standard Time or Local Time
(which we may call Nowgong Time). The British naturally realized this and
therefore used Local Time which is 1 hour ahead of IST in Assam Tea Gardens and
ART etc . After independence, Assam abolished this smart idea (may be
thinking that is a colonial exploitation) and is following IST all over
like an obedient litikai. When it is 10 am IST,
Assam Sun time is already after 11 am. And as we all know the govt offices in
Assam starts lahe lahe (due to lack of accountability from GOI?) and officers
goes to work at 11 am IST (if lucky) which is like 12 noon Assam time. So
you can do the Math for the rest of the day.
Why liltikai Assam is following IST
abolishing the good practice of British local time and not demanding a separate
Time Zone for the North East baffles me.
Here again, Assamese are waiting
for Delhi to impose a Time Zone so that Assamese can adopt like Mai
Bap.
I say Hobo Diok.
Rajen Barua
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ram Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "SP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "AssamNet" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] power
crisis
>
> That is a good point. However, if I am not mistaken, daylight savings
> time only affects certain areas of consumption: residential, offices
> etc. But, I think, they have little or no effect in the consumption by
> industries (producing 24/7) or even in agriculture.
>
> > it would probably be equivalent to 30 mins to an hour's load shedding in the >entire north-east region.
>
> You are probably right. The savings may help in providing power to
> essential services and industries.
>
> --Ram da
>
> On 6/10/05, SP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > one way to decrease power consumption could be to use daylight
> > saving time in india's northeast. advance the time by an hour or
> > more (bangladesh to the west is half an hour ahead of us), and
> > assam and the northeast will save some on power. it would probably
> > be equivalent to 30 mins to an hour's load shedding in the entire
> > north-east region. does anyone have figures to support this
> > assertion?
> >
> > --
> > saurav
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