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Chandigarh power outage
‘Inconvenience for both patients & staff’
“Since morning, we were grappling with getting things in order, as the power supply in GMSH-16 was cut off at 5 am and it was restored only at 1.30 pm. Though we have a backup, it is very tough to work in these situations. The lifts were not operational, many machines, equipment and refrigerators work at a certain temperature, require high power and cannot work on generators. Vaccines from many health and wellness centres had to be shifted, as we did not want to take any risk of them getting spoilt. We had to postpone all elective surgeries and our main focus was the emergency and labour room. So many patients and staff faced inconvenience. Power is an essential service and this is not the right way to register a protest,” said Dr Suman Singh, Director Health Services.
Power supply to GMCH-32 disrupted at 2 am
At 2.00 am Tuesday morning, the electricity supply to GMCH-32 was disrupted, though generators automatically switched on within 30 seconds. According to Dr Sudhir Garg, the Medical Superintendent, all critical areas and other clinical areas did not face any problem as they are all connected to generators. Senior doctors and other electrical staff posted in the hospital closely monitored the situation. With the intervention of the Chandigarh Administration, the electricity supply was restored at 5.00 am and since then it has been continuing. “As a precautionary measure to avoid overloading the generators and in the interest of patients’ safety, elective surgeries scheduled for today were postponed. The emergency and labour room were functional and we have another backup of generators,” said Dr Garg.
PGI monitoring power situation
A statement issued by the PGI said that it is coordinating with the UT Administration to ensure an uninterrupted supply of electricity to the institute. The situation is being viewed seriously and a senior engineer has been deputed at the 66 KV substation here. For critical areas, there is a backup source for four days and officials here are microscopically monitoring the situation to ensure that no hospital service is impacted.
Defective underground cable sparks power outage on North, East Shores
All customers have been restored as of 7:50 p.m., according to a Con Edison spokeswoman.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A power outage spanning across multiple North and East Shore neighborhoods Sunday evening was caused by a defective underground cable that sparked a manhole fire, according to Con Edison.
Nearly 5,000 customers were without power as of 6:45 p.m.; however, the vast majority of those homes had power restored by 7:35 p.m., said company spokeswoman Alina Suriel. Around 1,200 homes remained without power at that time but were expected to be restored by 8 p.m.
The outage primarily affected Sunnyside and portions of West Brighton and Castleton Corners, the Con Edison outage map showed. Sections of Emerson Hill, Grasmere and Silver Lake were also affected, the map indicated.
The FDNY did not immediately respond for information concerning its response to the manhole fire.
Ascot power cut: households and businesses left without electricity
DOZENS of households and businesses have been left without power since 11.30pm last night.
Residents took to social media to report the power outage by SSE after their homes were affected last night (February 13).
The power outage is believed to have started at around 3am.
One resident got in touch to say several business are closed including Boots and a cafe.
He said: "They have offered compensation to buy lunch as all of the freezer food will have to be binned."
Godavari, North Andhra districts suffer power outage for hours
Most parts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East and West Godavari districts falling under the limits of AP Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL) suffered a power outage on Thursday. Due to power failure in over 36 substation areas, many rural pockets suffered an outage that lasted for three to five hours. Though the electricity supply was restored in some areas after evening, the exact reason for the disruption could not be known immediately.
The discom’s mandal-wise feeder interruption report, which gives real-time data of the power outage, showed some mandals in Srikakulam district remained power-less for nearly 15 hours.East Godavari saw disruption in the supply since the morning. “Power supply was restored only after 9 pm and there was no proper response from the department officials on the reason for the outage,’’ K Subramanyam, a resident of Sarpavaram near Kakinada, said. An assistant engineer in Kakinada city circle said there was no problem at the sub-station level and interruption in the supply was from the headquarters itself.
In Vizianagaram, the power outage started at 12 noon in rural and agency areas and from 5 pm in the urban and semi-urban areas. The supply was restored across the district only after 9 pm. AP Transco officials claimed that emergency load relief was the reason behind the outage. In Visakhapatnam, there was a power outage in areas under K Kotapadu, VUDA Haritha, Padmanabham, Rolugunta and Darakonda sub-station areas in K Kotapadu, Padmanabham, Anakapalle, Rolugunta, Chintapalli, and GK Veedhi mandals and some GVMC areas.AP Transco senior officials said there was no problem in production or dispatch of power through the grid.
DEGROWTH: LIBERATION FROM GROWTHISM and RETHINKING ECONOMIES | Jason Hickel | thetaxcast.com
DEGROWTH: LIBERATION FROM GROWTHISM and RETHINKING ECONOMIES | Jason Hickel | thetaxcast.com
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Growthism: its ecological, economic and ethical limits | Herman Daly | real-world economics review
Growthism: its ecological, economic and ethical limits | Herman Daly | real-world economics review
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Growthism: its ecological, economic and ethical limits
Herman Daly [University of Maryland, USA]
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Growthism is willing to sacrifice everything for more growth. Even the very rights which enlightened societies once held to be inalienable. Are you concerned about the rise in extrajudicial mass spying, drone strikes, private security guards, military contractors, or even just the analytics that provide detailed information on what you say, do, and search to both the government and private companies? Too bad! Those are our growth industries, and woe to whatever or whoever stands in their way. Who cares about freedom of speech and assembly or the right to privacy when what we really need is good, growth-creating jobs? Jobs like becoming butlers and maids (or coaches, consultants, and “service-providers”) to the super-rich, who can purchase the “right” not to be frisked, stopped, or surveiled. Heaven forbid people protest. Why, that might hurt growth!
Umair Haque, in HBR.