Desa
Desa is our capital's only electricity supplier. Desa was established on 1st October 1991. Since then it is doing nothing except suffering losses. Before Desa was set up , the Power Development Board suffered a systems loss of 45%, which in the year 2000 was 26%. Systems loss is the loss of power due to illegal actions of people. The illegal connections taken through out the city deprives Desa and the government of revenue earning. Another kind of loss is technical loss, which is due to system limitations or it may be due to lack of modern facilities to distribute power. These are the two losses Desa is facing. To young citizens like us, 'systems loss' and 'Desa' have become synonymous.
Every year a large portion of public money is spent on Desa to cover up the losses. Loadshedding in our homes and other places also points to the inefficiency of Desa.
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