The visually challenged in the district have complained that power outage has affected their lifestyle. [break]
“The daily power cut has been extended to 11 hours,” exclaimed Krishna Timalsena, a visually challenged. “This has disappointed us.”
For Timalsena, computer and cell phone are the sources of entertainment and knowledge. He said lack of electricity has made him unable to enjoy them.
“We had grown accustomed to the darkness given us by nature,” said Timalsena. “But this darkness thrust upon us by the government is becoming uncomfortable,” he rued.
Due to the power cuts, Timalsena´s daily routine of listening to news and songs has been disrupted.
With the spread of information and communication technology, the visually challenged in this region had also started using cell phones and computers.
“Mobile phones and computers has brought joy to our lives,” said Anju Dhital, a 12th grader, adding that rampant power outage is making it difficult even to recharge cell phone batteries.
The added that power outage has also affected the studies of some visually challenged people here.
Krishna Lopchan, a student of Dumarwana Higher Secondary School, who has been preparing for exams with the help of audio notes, is facing difficulties preparing for the exams.
“As we don´t have Braille textbooks of Accounts and Economics, we have to depend on audio notes,” Lopchan said. “But long hours of power cuts mean we cannot depend on that either.”
Citing fall in generation, Nepal Electricity Authority announced on Wednesday that it would enforce 11 hours of daily power cut beginning Thursday. Before this, there was power cut for nine hours a day.
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