Thursday, February 15, 2007

IT City?

"Future is andhera, black spot!" This was the first statement that came to my mind after this conversation....

Over the last 1 week of working at home, I realized that power cuts had become the order of the day and average time in a day that power was not available ranged anywhere between 2 to 5 hours. Also, the power cuts were unscheduled and untimely. So, today I called the Besscom contact(BC for short), and this is our conversation:

C: I am calling from XYZ area, and we are having regular power cuts
BC: Yes Ma'am. That is a known thing. As per government regulation, we are required to have a 1 hr power cut in the morning and 1 hour power cut in the evening.

C: Can you tell me what time the power cuts are scheduled.
BC: No Ma'am. That depends on the engineer at the station.

(In my thoughts: How does the engineer decide when to have the power cut - does he use some random location generator algorithm which we can hack?!?!...)

C: If you have scheduled power cuts, why dont you publish the schedule so that people can plan their work and life accordingly.
BC: Ma'am, We cannot publish, because the power cut depends on the engineer at the station.

C (perplexed): Ok. And how long are these power cuts going to continue.
BC: Until the next power station comes up.

C (bewildered and fast lossing patience!): And how many years before that happens?
BC: I don't know Ma'am.
C (speechless!): Ok. Thank you.

And we still call this city the IT capital of India!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

How is IT related to BESCOM?

Chetna said...

The primary condition for IT is uninterrupted power. Electric supply to Bangalore is from BESCOM. That is how IT is related to BESCOM!!!