Power is the key
The Hindu : Bangalore, India’s Silicon Valley, is fast reaching out for a place on the world business map. A dependable and efficient energy management system is a basic necessity to power the digital economy.
Power is the key to any successful city. And for a digital nerve centre like Bangalore to arrive on the world business map, self-sufficiency in power is an absolute must. The world-over, while looking for a base, multinational organisations first evaluate the civic infrastructure on offer before going into other parameters. And among these, power comes high in the pecking order. One of Bangalore’s major problems has been distribution systems, be it power or water. And the stakeholders can hardly be blamed considering the unnatural explosion in population and geography. This city was just not ready to take the sort of influx it saw post the beginning of the IT era. There is no way any civic authority can plan, budget or cater to a population that increases in geometric proportions. At the same time, not gearing up the systems will lead to potential business moving away to another city in the region.
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