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1. motionlessveloc · 1790687469 · focus · HN ↗

   I wonder how many HNers recall life in Delhi even 20 years ago? Cutting electricity loss is one thing, but getting rid of "load shedding" (unplanned power cuts) is the really revolutionary part. It was not uncommon for the power to go out several times a day and you had to rush to unplug expensive appliances (TV, laptop), because when the power came back it was often accompanied by a surge. My office was wired with two sets of electrical sockets, one connected to grid mains and the other connected to the UPS (for important equipment only).

   1. Gangway0829 · 1790687818 · focus · HN ↗

      Do you remember the scheduled water cuts? We would stockpile water in buckets so we could flush the toilets. Good old days!

      1. shrikant · 1790688643 · focus · HN ↗

         I remember the inverse of that in Chennai -- scheduled running water for an hour in the morning and an hour in the evenings when we had to stockpile water in every container possible.

         1. parthdesai · 1790688920 · focus · HN ↗

            It's so weird reading these comments, we didn't have either of these issues in Gujarat in early 2000s (left India in mid 2000s).

            1. intended · 1790696552 · focus · HN ↗

               Or Bombay for that matter.

               1. forthwall · 1790728401 · focus · HN ↗

                  Outside of central Mumbai, in the suburbs this was still a thing until the 2010s
               2. sumedh · 1790739616 · focus · HN ↗

                  Mumbai got the sweet heart treatment.

                  Moving from Mumbai to Pune in early 2000's was like going back to a village with 3 hour power cuts in Summer.

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