Hearty Welcome to the Millennium City, the city which is called the call centre capital of India, the one and only Gurgaon.
I do not see a single reason why this place is called so. A place where you do not have electricity for more than 12 hours on an average day (seriously, I am not joking), a place where there is huge dearth of public transport system, a place where the drainage system is in its worst form. The list continues endlessly.
Every city or town has its own limitations and shortcomings. But, if you are hailing a city as the ‘Millennium City’, there must be reasons enough to do so. But frankly speaking, I couldn’t find any. But, yes, if the name is on account of the hoards of corporate offices and the sprawling malls located in Gurgaon, then perhaps the name befits this city. You can find all the big names flashing on electronic boards adorning multi-storeyed buildings. You also have the biggest malls in India located here.
Gurgaon is a classic example of irresponsible and lackadaisical style of governance. I wonder how the government passes its time during its tenure. Its not enough to have big corporate offices and malls located in the city. What are required are basic needs. Here, you have everything else, but basic needs.
The most shocking of all is power cuts for more than 12 hours a day. Ask someone who has resided in Gurgaon if you are unable to believe it. Sometimes, I feel that I am stranded in some remote adivasi village located in some remote corner of the country or I feel as if I am currently in the 1980s where the government is still trying to figure out how to go about running the administration. It resembles the 1980s literally as everything is black and white as you do not have electricity so as to realize any colour around you. No way have I ever felt that I am amidst the 21st century.
The sad part is that there is enough power to run the industries and offices. The civilians suffer the most on account of the former. And also, thanks to the generator and invertor lobby which I suspect to have its presence here. Every household and every other office or building has the most powerful and efficient generator sets. The need would have arisen in the past due to some genuine short supply of electricity. But once they captured the market, why would they restrain themselves from lobbying? They might lure the government with some petty bribe to deliberate power cuts and meanwhile, make more profit by selling generator sets. It is simple logic and nothing else.
To top it all, the residents have no clue about all the mess that is here. Let alone people like me who are non residents of Gurgaon and who have come here to make a living. I have talked to people who have been residing in Gurgaon for more than 10 years about the acute shortage of electricity. The answers that I got were not convincing at all. Some opined that ‘it is like that only’, whereas some others were of the opinion that all the power from Gurgaon is supplied to light up Delhi. Bullshit.
I do not see a single reason why this place is called so. A place where you do not have electricity for more than 12 hours on an average day (seriously, I am not joking), a place where there is huge dearth of public transport system, a place where the drainage system is in its worst form. The list continues endlessly.
Every city or town has its own limitations and shortcomings. But, if you are hailing a city as the ‘Millennium City’, there must be reasons enough to do so. But frankly speaking, I couldn’t find any. But, yes, if the name is on account of the hoards of corporate offices and the sprawling malls located in Gurgaon, then perhaps the name befits this city. You can find all the big names flashing on electronic boards adorning multi-storeyed buildings. You also have the biggest malls in India located here.
Gurgaon is a classic example of irresponsible and lackadaisical style of governance. I wonder how the government passes its time during its tenure. Its not enough to have big corporate offices and malls located in the city. What are required are basic needs. Here, you have everything else, but basic needs.
The most shocking of all is power cuts for more than 12 hours a day. Ask someone who has resided in Gurgaon if you are unable to believe it. Sometimes, I feel that I am stranded in some remote adivasi village located in some remote corner of the country or I feel as if I am currently in the 1980s where the government is still trying to figure out how to go about running the administration. It resembles the 1980s literally as everything is black and white as you do not have electricity so as to realize any colour around you. No way have I ever felt that I am amidst the 21st century.
The sad part is that there is enough power to run the industries and offices. The civilians suffer the most on account of the former. And also, thanks to the generator and invertor lobby which I suspect to have its presence here. Every household and every other office or building has the most powerful and efficient generator sets. The need would have arisen in the past due to some genuine short supply of electricity. But once they captured the market, why would they restrain themselves from lobbying? They might lure the government with some petty bribe to deliberate power cuts and meanwhile, make more profit by selling generator sets. It is simple logic and nothing else.
To top it all, the residents have no clue about all the mess that is here. Let alone people like me who are non residents of Gurgaon and who have come here to make a living. I have talked to people who have been residing in Gurgaon for more than 10 years about the acute shortage of electricity. The answers that I got were not convincing at all. Some opined that ‘it is like that only’, whereas some others were of the opinion that all the power from Gurgaon is supplied to light up Delhi. Bullshit.
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