Chapter 47: Stealing Electricity
“OH,NO! Why is there a power outage again! Shakru, who was watching the "Superman" tape brought back from the United States, scolded loudly, in fact, it is no wonder that he was angry, because New Delhi has power outages almost every day, especially after entering May, New Delhi is extremely hot, and the temperature can reach up to 48 degrees Celsius, so at the peak of electricity consumption, power outages are commonplace, at this time, Shakru realized how important the huge diesel generator at home is. This damn weather, if you don't have air conditioning, you really can't even sleep.
What he didn't expect was that when he came to the office the next day, it was still the electricity problem that made him angry: "Moody, Agripar, you two explain to me, what's going on with this month's electricity bill?" Now that New Delhi has power outages every day, why are our electricity bills still so high? ”
Moddy took the electricity bill and glanced at the amount on it, muttering to himself, "No, it shouldn't be so much, what's going on?" ”
Just as Murdy was thinking hard, Agripval, who was on the side, seemed to suddenly remember something, and said to Moody: "Moody, do you say that our electricity bill is so high because our line is taken away?" ”
Agrivar's words seemed to wake up the dreamer, and Murdy suddenly realized: "That's right, boss, it should be like this." Hey, I blame me for thinking less about this in advance, and our line must have been picked up by someone from the slum next to us. ”
Shakru asked with a puzzled expression, "Took it?" What does that mean? ”
Moody explained with some embarrassment: "Well, in fact, someone is stealing our electricity, so our electricity bill has become higher." ”
As soon as he heard this, Shakru immediately became angry: "What? Dare to steal our electricity? That's too bold, isn't it? Mody, you call the police now and let the police take care of this! ”
Moddy hurriedly stopped: "Boss, boss, you listen to me explain this matter, this kind of thing really can't be called to the police, even if it is called, it is estimated that no one will care, but I have a way, so that they will not steal our electricity in the future." ”
Agripal chimed in: "Don't be angry, boss, Murdy is telling the truth. A relative of mine is an electrical employee in charge of inspections in his hometown of Modinaga, and he only dares to inspect twice a year, and even if he sees 100 people stealing electricity each time, he only dares to arrest up to five, otherwise the local government will dare to threaten his life without anyone else. ”
"Why is that? Could it be that those who steal electricity are local powerful people? ”
"On the contrary, the rich don't steal electricity, but the poor do, because people can't afford to pay for it," explains Agreval. For the sake of votes, the local government not only connived at the people to steal electricity, but also resolutely did not allow the increase in electricity prices, so now the more electricity the power company generates, the more it loses.
Especially now that the domestic coal supply is insufficient, the cost of power generation is getting higher and higher, and the price of electricity cannot be raised, and even the government owes a lot of money to the power company, so the power company is having a hard time, resulting in many lines that should be maintained and replaced cannot be replaced and maintained. Therefore, according to statistics, more than 25 percent of the losses in the transmission of electricity are now lost, and 80 percent of them are due to electricity theft.
Every time it comes to the general election, it is the time when the phenomenon of electricity theft is most rampant, especially this year, when the Congress Party and the People's Party are fighting so fiercely, it is impossible for anyone to take care of this kind of thing. ”
"Oh, that's why, no wonder there's a power outage every day. But what does this have to do with us? You also said that this is a matter for the government, so why should we pay for it? ”
Moddy hurriedly said: "Boss, they may have connected the wrong line when they were wiring, so I'll find someone to change our line and let everyone around us go to the public line, so it has nothing to do with us." ”
It turns out that Moody's efficiency is still very high, and soon he found an electrician, but the electrician's dress made Shakru have no confidence at all, and he had also seen electricians in his previous life, and they were all wearing anti-pollution and dirt-resistant blue uniforms, with electrician hats and insulated gloves, and carrying their own tools in small boxes. But the so-called electrician in front of him, not to mention his uniform and hat and gloves, didn't even have an electric pen, and came with a pair of pliers with his bare hands.
Shakru secretly tugged Murdy and asked in a low voice, "Where did you get this electrician?" Why doesn't it look professional at all, can it work? ”
Moody said confidently, "Don't worry, Roha is the best electrician in the neighborhood, and almost all the wiring in the slums is laid by him." ”
Since Murdy said so confidently, Shakru didn't stop him, and then I saw this daring electrician Roha striding forward, pulling and pulling the wire, and the most exaggerated thing was that he dared to bite it with his teeth, and the bold Shakru looked a little trembling. (Baidu steals electricity in India, you can see this guy's heroic appearance, that's really biting with his teeth)
Within a few minutes he had taken a few messy wires away and connected them to an even more chaotic web of wires next to him, which was not wrong to call it a wire web, because the pile of wires was like a spider's web, dense and unordered. When he was done, Roha said to Shakru and Moody, "Sir, I have connected these lines to the public lines, and I will also tell the other electricians that they are not allowed to connect to your lines in the future, so you can rest assured in the future." ”
After dealing with this matter, Shakru was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, lying on the sofa in the office while letting Kabaeva massage herself, while flipping through today's newspaper, but when he saw a message, he suddenly subconsciously exclaimed: "It seems that Murdy is right, and now the Congress Party and the People's Party have even released her in order to compete!" ”
The man who surprised Shakru was Puran David, and she was almost a household name in India, and her story was legendary. She was neither a wealthy man, nor a government dignitary, or even a high caste, but she was known because she was nicknamed the "Robber Queen" and some called her the "Indian Bandit Queen". It can be said that her pathetic and lamentable life before she was imprisoned is a real silhouette of Indian society under the current caste system!
PS: About the legendary experience of this Indian bandit, I will post it in the relevant works, and I will not count the words in the text.