true.
MH, which has comparatively stronger grid than most of the states, has many areas where billing efficiency is around 40%
what hope do we have when 60% people aren't charged for the electricity they use??
many of them are political strongholds, so rather than taking the sensible route, we go down the most convoluted path in the history of convoluted paths.
IR...
more... pays, most of the times, in excess of 4-5 rs per unit, no wonder our ex-power min was so keen on 100% electrification :P
this is the same ideology that they are trying with HS: rather than stemming the loss occurring in non-AC side by having a uniform fare rise across classes, they are trying to improve operating ratio by applying flexi fare on AC coaches, especially AC 3A where they were already earning profits!
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do you know that you can't operate a grid connected solar PV system in the country with power o/p greater than 1 MWp??? :P