No, it’s not the weight I’ve lost while I’ve been here, though my belt definitely tightened a notch (No late night snack joints in my neighborhood unfortunately).
Load shedding is the dreaded scheduled power outages that cut electricity use to the supply level from hydro plants in the mountains. Dry season means rivers are low, which means no hydroelectricity, which means the power goes out up to twelve hours a day.
People abide pretty well, though I did find one guy personally blaming Nepal’s prime minister for power outages during the World Cup.
It hasn’t been so bad for me. My office and apartment both have generators, (though my apartment’s outlets don’t work during load shedding so I don’t keep groceries in the fridge).
Good news today though:
In what would bring a huge relief to the consumers facing power crisis, Nepal Electricity Authority has formally slashed load-shedding hours to five hours a day. The new load-shedding schedule will come into effect from Tuesday.
With the reduction, the official power-cut hours will now be 35 hours a week, which is a whooping [sic] 19 hours down from the last load-shedding schedule that was in place till four days ago.
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