The industrial capital of the state, as Kanpur is called, had a date with Earth Hour Day, a day in advance: courtesy Kesco and UP Power Corporation Limited. It is observed across the world to raise for awareness about climate change as people switch off lights for an hour.
But the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, there was no power in the city for not just an hour but for over two and a half hours. The power was restored in the city at 1.15am, so the city had already contributed their bit to observing the Earth Hour Day one day in advance.
The entire city plunged into darkness and even street lights went off and visibility on the roads for vehicular movement was zero. As a matter fact, Kanpur people celebrate 'Earth Hour Day' everyday.
It is all the more common in the city during summer. For the past few days, the city has been facing prolonged power cuts with rostering during day and night hours.
The same happened on Friday night when at 10.45 pm the city went dark. AKS Chauhan, spokesperson for Kesco at the time of power cut said power would be restored at 1.15am and his words did not go wrong.
Power rostering in March and April affects board and college students the worst. Rostering at night, on the other hand, has led to steep rise in the crime rate in the city adding to the woes of sleepless citizens.
Ranvir, a local of Kidwai Nagar, remarked the city had observed more than its share of the Earth Hour Day. Similarly, Vinay Mishra of Saket Nagar mocked at the Earth Hour Day celebrations, saying "We observe it everyday."
A senior Kesco official said there was huge gap between demand and supply of power in the city. He added since the city has huge power consumption, it is easy target of the UPPCL for cuts.
"In one round of rostering, at least 550 to 600 Megawatts of power is saved. The saved power is supplied to two to three smaller districts.
All this is happening due to shortage of power and till the time, new power generation plants are not commissioned in the state, the problem will persist," the official added.
He added that line loss, power theft and non-payment of electricity bills, has further aggravated the power scenario in the city. But the official cleared that when the entire city is dark, it is the UPPCL's doing and not Kesco's.
S K Verma, general manager, Kesco urged power consumers to save power. "The use of CFLs instead of bulbs, switching off lights, fans and other electrical appliances when not in use can help save power."
'Earth Hour' is an annual international event created by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) For Nature that urges households and businesses across the globe to turn off their non-essential lights and electrical appliances for an hour at the appointed time to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change.
According to the Earth Hour website, it began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for an hour. In 2008, the message had grown into a global sustainability movement, with 50 million people switching off their lights on Earth Hour Day. Hence, this was the seventh Earth Hour day this year.
2013年3月26日 星期二
Texan Keith Combs Hangs
His trip to the scales proved his prediction. Clunn's five fish weighed 36 pounds, 14 ounces, the largest single-day bag after three of the Slam's four days. The only thing Clunn missed catching Saturday was the leader, Keith Combs of Huntington, Texas. Combs remained the leader by 1 pound over Clunn after starting the day with a 7-7 margin.
Combs weighed in 20-5 Saturday, a disappointment to him after his huge Day 1 bag of 34-13 and Day 2 sack of 28-1. He ran into trouble Saturday and brought in a lighter bag - even though 20-5 would be terrific on almost any lake but Falcon. His three-day total was 83 pounds, 3 ounces.
He would not even have had that 20-plus pounds if not for the good sportsmanship shown by a fellow Elite pro from Texas, Clark Reehm.
"I had some mechanical issues about noon," said Combs, who was fishing near the Falcon Dam. "I probably lost about an hour and a half of fishing time, but Clark allowed me to get into his boat and fish. I really appreciate what he did. He didn't have to let me fish, but he did."
Before he climbed aboard with Reehm, Combs had four bass; the fifth came unbuttoned before he could boat it. He was able to fill out his limit fishing from the back of Reehm's boat.
"I wouldn't have the lead without him. I might not even had made it in if not for him," said Combs, who is aiming for his first Elite Series win.
Combs plans to have his boat back in working order by Sunday morning and go to work. "I sure won't have a cushion tomorrow, so I'm going to have to crack them hard," he said. Clunn said he wants to bust the 100-pound mark, as well as go for the win. He's in position for both goals.
"First, I'll have to do some recovering tonight to be ready to go out there again," said Clunn, the four-time Bassmaster Classic champ, who also owns a Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year title.
Clunn said he plans to return Sunday to the lunker heaven he's fished for three days. Although he caught two fish there in practice, he didn't go to it until very late on Day 1, when he had just enough time left to collect three bass that weighed 12-12. That left him in 79th place.
"I discovered I'd been dialed-in on the wrong size bait," he said. Once he made the correction the next day, he began to catch the bigger bass. He jumped to 24th place on Day 2 after bringing in 32-9. Saturday he returned, hanging there all day for his five bass. Two weighed more than 8 pounds, and the others were 6-plus pounds, he estimated.
"I'm feeling surreal. I'm trying to grasp everything," he said. "I always find it interesting that people criticize [2013 Bassmaster Classic champ] Cliff Pace for not being emotional. I can remember winning the Classic, and I was the same way. I didn't have anything left to celebrate with. At the end of the day, if you have anything left to celebrate with, you didn't fish hard enough. Later tonight or tomorrow, it'll hit me.
"We've got one more day. It's no time to celebrate anyway," he said. "I am happy with what I've done so far. I'll have to catch close to that [36-14] again to win this."
Behind Combs and Clunn after the third day was Edwin Evers of Talala, Okla., in third place with 78-15. Gary Klein of Weatherford, Texas, was 2 ounces behind Evers and in fourth with 78-13. Jason Williamson of Aiken, S.C., weighed in 32-9 Saturday to catapult from 28th to fifth place.
The largest bass of the day was a 9-9 caught by Billy McCaghren of Mayflower, Ark. It was a catch that helped him into the Top 12 at 10th place. But the 10-13 lunker weighed Friday by Matt Greenblatt of Port St. Lucie, Fla., still led the Slam's contest to bring in the Carhartt Big Bass and collect an award worth $1,000, plus another $750 if the angler was wearing Carhartt apparel.
Clunn's catch of 36-14 became the top candidate for the event's Berkley Heavyweight Award competition for a $500 bonus, beating the previous big bag, a 35-3 weighed Friday by Cliff Crochet of Pierre Part, La.
The pros will leave the docks at the Zapata County Public Boat Ramp (3079 County Road, Zapata, TX 78076) at 7:15 a.m. CT. The weigh-in is scheduled to begin at 3:15 p.m. CT. Starting at noon, the Bassmaster Elite Series Expo will showcase new boats, tackle, Rigid Industries LED lighting systems, vehicles and other equipment for fishing and boating. All Bassmaster events are free.
The Bassmaster website will provide extensive coverage of the event all four days. Access to all the Bassmaster website content is free.
The event's title sponsor is Rigid Industries of Mesa, Ariz., maker of LED lighting products for vehicles, boats and boat trailers; the rigidindustries website. The local sponsor is the Zapata County Chamber of Commerce; the zapatachamber website.
Combs weighed in 20-5 Saturday, a disappointment to him after his huge Day 1 bag of 34-13 and Day 2 sack of 28-1. He ran into trouble Saturday and brought in a lighter bag - even though 20-5 would be terrific on almost any lake but Falcon. His three-day total was 83 pounds, 3 ounces.
He would not even have had that 20-plus pounds if not for the good sportsmanship shown by a fellow Elite pro from Texas, Clark Reehm.
"I had some mechanical issues about noon," said Combs, who was fishing near the Falcon Dam. "I probably lost about an hour and a half of fishing time, but Clark allowed me to get into his boat and fish. I really appreciate what he did. He didn't have to let me fish, but he did."
Before he climbed aboard with Reehm, Combs had four bass; the fifth came unbuttoned before he could boat it. He was able to fill out his limit fishing from the back of Reehm's boat.
"I wouldn't have the lead without him. I might not even had made it in if not for him," said Combs, who is aiming for his first Elite Series win.
Combs plans to have his boat back in working order by Sunday morning and go to work. "I sure won't have a cushion tomorrow, so I'm going to have to crack them hard," he said. Clunn said he wants to bust the 100-pound mark, as well as go for the win. He's in position for both goals.
"First, I'll have to do some recovering tonight to be ready to go out there again," said Clunn, the four-time Bassmaster Classic champ, who also owns a Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year title.
Clunn said he plans to return Sunday to the lunker heaven he's fished for three days. Although he caught two fish there in practice, he didn't go to it until very late on Day 1, when he had just enough time left to collect three bass that weighed 12-12. That left him in 79th place.
"I discovered I'd been dialed-in on the wrong size bait," he said. Once he made the correction the next day, he began to catch the bigger bass. He jumped to 24th place on Day 2 after bringing in 32-9. Saturday he returned, hanging there all day for his five bass. Two weighed more than 8 pounds, and the others were 6-plus pounds, he estimated.
"I'm feeling surreal. I'm trying to grasp everything," he said. "I always find it interesting that people criticize [2013 Bassmaster Classic champ] Cliff Pace for not being emotional. I can remember winning the Classic, and I was the same way. I didn't have anything left to celebrate with. At the end of the day, if you have anything left to celebrate with, you didn't fish hard enough. Later tonight or tomorrow, it'll hit me.
"We've got one more day. It's no time to celebrate anyway," he said. "I am happy with what I've done so far. I'll have to catch close to that [36-14] again to win this."
Behind Combs and Clunn after the third day was Edwin Evers of Talala, Okla., in third place with 78-15. Gary Klein of Weatherford, Texas, was 2 ounces behind Evers and in fourth with 78-13. Jason Williamson of Aiken, S.C., weighed in 32-9 Saturday to catapult from 28th to fifth place.
The largest bass of the day was a 9-9 caught by Billy McCaghren of Mayflower, Ark. It was a catch that helped him into the Top 12 at 10th place. But the 10-13 lunker weighed Friday by Matt Greenblatt of Port St. Lucie, Fla., still led the Slam's contest to bring in the Carhartt Big Bass and collect an award worth $1,000, plus another $750 if the angler was wearing Carhartt apparel.
Clunn's catch of 36-14 became the top candidate for the event's Berkley Heavyweight Award competition for a $500 bonus, beating the previous big bag, a 35-3 weighed Friday by Cliff Crochet of Pierre Part, La.
The pros will leave the docks at the Zapata County Public Boat Ramp (3079 County Road, Zapata, TX 78076) at 7:15 a.m. CT. The weigh-in is scheduled to begin at 3:15 p.m. CT. Starting at noon, the Bassmaster Elite Series Expo will showcase new boats, tackle, Rigid Industries LED lighting systems, vehicles and other equipment for fishing and boating. All Bassmaster events are free.
The Bassmaster website will provide extensive coverage of the event all four days. Access to all the Bassmaster website content is free.
The event's title sponsor is Rigid Industries of Mesa, Ariz., maker of LED lighting products for vehicles, boats and boat trailers; the rigidindustries website. The local sponsor is the Zapata County Chamber of Commerce; the zapatachamber website.
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