When I joined IIIT in 2005, it used to be a place loaded with all basic facilities right from a strong IT infrastructure to a very calm and peaceful environment with a few people on the campus. I hardly saw two or three power cuts and system outage 2-3 times in first year of my stay at IIIT. When I went to my home land in my very first summer vacations, I used to boast of the computing facilities and the peaceful environment and freedom students had at this very institute. At that time this institute was like Tokyo, London to me where there were no power cuts and no system outages.
With time, the infrastructure got older and population increased. And this went on for two years. This is summer vacation time and if I am not wrong the number of people in the campus right now is actually more than the total number of people there were, when I was in first year.
The problems in day to day life started increasing right from wireless crisis to shortage of space for living of students. IIIT built two extension blocks to Old Boys Hostel. A bit of relief for a year or so. If you witness the ongoing war for getting rooms in OBH on the ground and first floor, you will probably realize the severity of the problem. I can’t just imagine the patience that the hostel administration have that actually handles all the queries from the students who don’t actually want to listen to anyone and just want a room on the ground floor.
Next is power supply. Power supply is not consistent since a month or so. Sometime power cuts are as long as 1 hour. Today there has been 6 power cuts in the day so far and there are a few hours to go before the day ends. Here neither I am saying that IIIT is responsible for power cuts nor I am asking IIIT to build a power station in Hyderabad for solving the problem. But I am afraid that the increasing population would cause some serious problems down the road. May be like power and water crisis.
Enough. You might be wondering about the title. So don’t you think we are a village now with pretty frequent power cuts 😀
i wonder what plans you have for 24hr power usage? just a few days back they organized a 1 hr power outage in hyderabad to highlight the cause of global warming. maybe you are not aware of it. i wonder what is your definition of a village or a city for that matter?
@Harsh I am aware of global warming issues but power outage is not a solution. just think logically and don’t get emotional about it. Also I am not worried about the outage if its planned and people are informed about it in advance. BTW, 6 power cuts in a day, how is that justified ?
@general B
ok lets think logically. can the issue of global warming talked about without talking of consumption? is consumption/consumerism in anyway related to environmental breakdown? power outage is not the solution, what is? where does this power comes from? do we know the source of power? what losses did u had to face due to these 6 power cuts? how do u plan to use 24hrs of power? what is a village’s contribution to global warming in comparison to a city? is population a cause for global warming or is cosumerism?
please think about these questions logically and rationally.
>> can the issue of global warming talked about without talking of consumption?
Not really.
>> is consumption/consumerism in anyway related to environmental breakdown?
Who is saying its not related?
>> power outage is not the solution, what is?
If you seriously think power outage is the solution. Cut the power to Google, Yahoo, Paypal, eBay, Orkut, Facebook, Pentagon servers for one hour and see the results. I think they use more power than IIIT. If power outage is the solution, I don’t know why we have 24×7 supply. We should apply for some connection which will not serve power 24×7.
>>what losses did u had to face due to these 6 power cuts? how do u plan to use 24hrs of power?
Not very significant losses. But loss is a loss. If you don’t use Google 24×7, then why it is on 24×7. Just ask them to operate in the time interval when you use it. Different people have different time schedules to work. If power goes down when I am working, it worthless for me.
>> what is a village’s contribution to global warming in comparison to a city?
Read the post again and try to figure out why I said IIIT – A village.
>> is population a cause for global warming or is cosumerism?
I think both. What you think ??
Anyway I didn’t write the post to have some flame wars here. I suffered and I expressed my views. Whats the big deal ?
no big deal at all. i expressed my views as i thought u used the word village it not so comforting sense.
when u talk of environmental issues, profit and loss needs to be looked beyond money. we can’t convert everything in terms of money loss and then reach conclusions.
no war here. no ill feelings.no big deal
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