Power crisis: Dhaka v Delhi

For the last couple of weeks some of the city areas of Delhi have had to go without power for as much as 5 to 6 hours at a stretch. The Supreme Court of India has also intervened in the matter. It has asked the state -- as well as the federal government -- to explain what they are doing to deal with the power crisis.

The report also says, according to officials, individuals hooking up cables to transmission lines steal 35 per cent of the total power generated in Delhi.

In Dhaka, government has not taken any power saving scheme for its offices and a little has been taken for the private and domestic consumption. In Bangladesh, no court of law rules on this issue, perhaps no citizen might have been sued against power authority. But painful losses of lives in Kansat, Nilphamari and damages of properties in Demra, Motijheel, Dhaka have occurred in a span of few weeks.

In one case the two capitals are reacting alike. The stealing of power in both the countries resemble the same pattern. None of the governments is administer anything in this matter. Do they fear of losing populist vote for the next election?