Encourage natural gas transmission

The return on the huge investments have to be assured through friendly regulatory role; as the foreign investments in such projects have dried up due to the official policy of not encouraging gas export, without first meeting the needs of the nation on a long-term basis. It is unthinkable that the gas network is still not available in the northern districts for more than 40 years.

Our private sector is showing entrepreneurship in many areas, and it has matured enough to undertake these gas transmission projects. The electric power supply position is none too bright, as in the evenings the voltage goes down to 185V (from the norm of 220V---I am watching the voltmeter as I type these lines at home.

The bureaucracy has to be technically-oriented, for assisting the political masters to take quick decisions, avoiding too much politics in non-political areas. Alas, the bug is the lack of political consensus at the national level! Our greatest enemy is the in-fighting within the society.