Ever since the Industrial Revolution, our reliance on machines has been growing. 21st century machines are powered by electricity, an energy source still dominantly produced by fossil fuels.
Electricity is such an essential part of our everyday life that we do not consider the effort, both physical and economic, by the distribution utility to supply it to us.
A small amount of electricity is enough to kill a person. Second only to traffic accidents and drowning, electrocution was identified as a major cause of accidental deaths in India by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
The year 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, saw low power demand and better air quality, during the lockdown caused by the pandemic. Apart from that there were negative effects on the environment too.
