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How Delhi cut electricity loss from 50 to 5 percent

592 points · 336 comments · rbanffy

  1. tarun_anand · · focus · HN ↗
    The next 25 years will see another revolution, the solar residential (and hopefully commercial one) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pmsuryaghar.gov.in&#x2F;#&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;pmsuryaghar.gov.in&#x2F;#&#x2F;

    The government is actively encouraging solar residential and net metering is on...

    Since the topic is linked to Delhi..

    In dino, garche dakkan mein hain kadre sukhan bahut,

    Kaun jaye Zauq, par dilli ki galiya chodd ke

    The poet acknowledges that the Deccan region (South India) currently offers better patronage and respect for poets than the declining Delhi. However, he rhetorically asks who could possibly bear to leave Delhi....

    1. pm90 · · focus · HN ↗
      Personally a Ghalib fan myself but love that despite their rivalry they both loved dilli to the end.
      1. tarun_anand · · focus · HN ↗
        I am a Ghalib fan too, and like Mozart and Salieri this had its own popular culture.

        A few years back the electricity clean up reached the famous Ghalib Haveli as well

        <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.indiatoday.in&#x2F;india&#x2F;story&#x2F;historic-ghalib-ki-haveli-to-get-adequate-enchanting-lighting-arrangements-ahead-of-g-20-2335313-2023-02-16" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.indiatoday.in&#x2F;india&#x2F;story&#x2F;historic-ghalib-ki-hav...

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