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Electricity Finally Reaches Indian Landmark 8 Established 1961 International Sunday, April 1, 2018 Power to the people: Electricity finally reaches Indian landmark ‘We’ve waited decades for this and we’re so happy’ MUMBAI: Deepa Bhoir used to sit in darkness live fuller and more satisfying lives,” the 54- 2014, according to government data. There outside her island home and stare at Mumbai year-old adds. are still an estimated 33 million households glowing in the distance. Now she stays up late without electricity and Modi wants them all to watching soap operas-one of millions of Boredom have power by the end of the year. A meter Indians whose lives have been transformed by Residents used kerosene lamps and can- was installed in the Bhoirs’ home last month a drive to get power to every corner of the dles until the late 1980s when they received after the Maharashtra state government com- country. Bhoir and her husband Sasuram are diesel generators that provided intermittent pleted its 250-million-rupee electrification among hundreds of villagers on the UNESCO electricity between 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm project for the island. world heritage-listed island of Elephanta to every night. They were, however, unreliable Engineers spent three months laying a sev- have had mains electricity en-kilometer undersea cable that connects a installed in their houses for mainland substation to transformers in each the first time. Elephanta village. In brightly painted homes, Local officials hope ceiling fans whirl at high speed as light bulbs tourists, who take a short illuminate dark rooms struggling to keep out boat ride from the bustle of the stifling early summer heat. “It’s been 70 Mumbai to visit the island’s Power to every years since India’s independence and we’ve famed fifth century caves, been promised electricity for so long. I’m just will now spend more time corner of the glad to see it before I die,” says 69-year-old and money there, boosting Bhagwan Tali. local businesses and jobs. country “We’ve waited decades for Embracing change this and we’re so happy. Elephanta, also known as Gharapuri, mean- Now I can watch all my ing “the city of caves” is a world away from favorite shows without any Mumbai. Monkeys outnumber humans and interruptions. The TV is there are no cars on the island, just a minia- MUMBAI: This photo taken on March 9, 2018 shows an electricity supply metering almost always on!” Bhoir tells AFP, grinning. and expensive and the limited supply meant ture railway. The only shops are stalls selling board on a wall of houses in a village on Elephanta Island near Mumbai. —AFP The island is renowned for its temple caves the Bhoirs’ two children regularly did their snacks and trinkets for tourists. “My business dating back more than 1,500 years and is homework by candlelight. is weak as most cold drinks, ice creams and home to around 1,200 people. But despite liv- Deepa and Sasuram were often unable to chocolates can’t be sold,” says 52-year-old year-old hopes electricity will spur infrastruc- at 5:30 pm and rarely venture into the villages. ing just 10 kilometers from India’s financial charge their phones or other electrical shopkeeper Surekha Bhagat, eagerly waiting ture. “I’m excited to see how our island Officials hope electricity will persuade capital, islanders have spent much of their devices. They felt cut off from the world and for her stall to be hooked up to the grid. changes for the better,” she said. them to spend the night. Some locals-includ- lives without power. “Lacking electricity was battled boredom. “We would go to sleep early Elephanta has one school-for children Devendra Fadnavis-the chief minister of ing Sachin Bhagat, who wants banks and depressing and we faced numerous hard- because there was nothing much to do. But under 16 — and there is no hospital, leaving Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the ATMs to open on Elephanta-are already plan- ships,” says Sasuram, explaining that he and now we stay awake to midnight or 1 am the elderly and sick vulnerable during a med- capital-has said electricity means there is ning to offer their modest houses as homes- Deepa would often sleep outside during the watching our favourite shows. It’s a welcome ical emergency. “tremendous scope for tourism” on Elephanta. tays. “The villagers aren’t afraid of change but summer to try to keep cool. “It was sweltering change,” says Deepa, 43. More than 16,000 Every week, Tulsa Bhoir makes the one- Every day several thousand people visit the are embracing it,” the 34-year-old says. “We inside. We would lie and look at the glittering Indian villages have been electrified since hour boat trip to Mumbai to buy fresh veg- island’s seven caves, which contain ancient want development so that our lives will lights of Mumbai and long for electricity to Prime Minister Narendra Modi was elected in etables, milk and other foodstuffs. The 43- Hindu carvings, but leave before the last boat become much easier.” —AFP Students protest leak Botswana’s president as India sets new steps down after a dates for exams decade at the helm NEW DELHI: Hundreds of angry students took to the streets of the Indian capital Friday as police quizzed GABORONE: Ian Khama, a retired army general, dozens of people over the leaking of high school exams stepped down as president of Botswana yesterday, that will force more than one million students to retake handing the diamond-rich country to his deputy tests. Police have questioned 45 people, including students after a decade at the helm. Mokgweetsi Masisi and tutors, over the leak but no arrests have been becomes only the third leader to take charge of the announced. southern African nation outside the Khama politi- Mathematics and economics exam papers were distrib- cal dynasty that has dominated national politics uted on the WhatsApp messaging app prior to the tests, since independence from Britain in 1966. forcing the cancellations and sparking fury among stu- dents and their parents. On a second day of protests, hun- Masisi, 55, inherits a country that has for dreds of students in New Delhi chanted against the exam decades been heralded as a beacon of African board, which they accused of negligence. democracy and sound economic management but Education secretary Anil Swarup said more than one faces a huge task of reducing the country’s million students will have to resit the economics exam on dependence on diamonds. “I am not sure about his April 25. The mathematics test may be held in July. This competency in as far as the economy is concerned, could be restricted to Delhi and neighboring Haryana but if he has the respect of his ministers then he state, however, as an investigation found the leak was lim- should be able to make them deliver,” said political ited to these areas. Around 1.6 million students nationwide analyst Ndulamo Anthony Morima. had feared they would have to retake the maths exam. Masisi, a trained teacher who has also worked “It is most unfortunate... that children have been made AMRITSAR: Indian students shout slogans during a protest against education minister Prakash for the United Nations Children’s Fund as an edu- to suffer on account of someone else playing dirty tricks,” Javadekar. —FP cation project officer for eight years until 2003, Swarup said. Cheating and exam fraud-such as paying was elected lawmaker in 2009. He served in the bribes to buy test papers-is common in India. More elabo- demanded answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s each other of mining and sharing the personal information president’s office as a minister of public affairs rate ruses have included relatives scaling the walls of exam government, which has faced criticism over digital security of people who follow their social media accounts or use from 2011 until 2014 when Khama named him min- centers to give crib sheets to students. in recent weeks, especially over an identity card database their apps, similar to the recent Facebook data scandal. ister of education, a post he held until appointed The Central Board of Secondary Education exams are that holds the biometric and personal details of more than That row erupted after a security expert alleged that user vice president last year. “The business community crucial for students hoping to attend India’s most presti- one billion Indians. data of people linked to Prime Minister Modi’s personal sees him as being more business-friendly so that gious universities. Angry parents and students have India’s ruling and opposition parties have also accused app was shared without their consent. —AFP should work well for the economy. He seems to be more likely to come up with regulation that enables more economic activity,” said RMB Botswana economist Moatlhodi Sebabole. Masisi takes office more than a year before the Filipinos celebrate election under Botswana’s constitution that restricts the president to serving two five-year terms. Khama, son the son of Botswana’s first Easter with president, Seretse, also took over from Festus Mogae a year before the 2009 election. One of crucifixion, flogging the world’s poorest countries in the 1970s, Botswana transformed itself into one of the fastest-growing economies by harnessing around SAN FERNANDO: Filipino zealots marked Good Friday $3 billion a year in diamond sales, to become one with a bloody display of religious frenzy by having them- of the world’s biggest producers, and gained mid- selves nailed to crosses and whipping their backs raw in dle-income status.
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