:: Deccan Chronicle ePaper ::

:: Deccan Chronicle ePaper ::Despite an energy crisis in Karnataka, 95 per cent of households in Bengaluru had their television sets or the main supply on throughout the day, even when no one is watching it.

A survey by Biodiversity Conservation India Limited, an alternate technology enterprise, found that 45 per cent of the respondents have their televisions switched on most of the day, even when no one was watching it.

More than 50 per cent did not put off the main switch when the appliance was not in use and use just the remote to switch it off, resulting in 30 per cent energy use on stand-by-power.

The survey, covering 403 respondents in the middleincome group, found that 40 per cent complained that they do not get enough power, but 60 per cent said they were not willing to go without electricity for one day in a month, even if it were to solve their power problems on a longterm basis.

Thirty one per cent who used electricity for cooking, felt that power was cheaper than LPG. Eighty two per cent are not willing to pay more than what they are currently paying, even if unlimited supply of electricity is guaranteed.

Seventy per cent admitted that they keep geysers on for one-two hours a day and 50 per cent said they do not fill washing machines upto the capacity, resulting in power wastage.

However, 75 per cent said that they used energy saving CFL lighting in their homes, the survey said. A recent survey found that Karnataka ranks 15th among India’s 28 states in complying with the Right to Information (RTI) Act with a below average performance.

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