Power cut in Tamilnadu

I was busy talking to a person some matters of importance and abruptly the cordless telephone goes dead!  I know it is 10.00 am in the morning and the power supply to our area is cut by the Tamilnadu Electricity Board.  The electricity board employees take huge pleasure and credit in making sure that the power is cut off at the correct designated time without fail day after day for the past couple of months!  I do not see this kind of enthusiasm in their attitude to resume the power after the disruption and it is invariably delayed by a few minutes on many occasions.
My home has a power cut between 8 am and 10 am and there is nothing that I can do at this time since it is boiling hot outside.  I wait for the power to resume after which i can wipe my sweat and get ready for the office.  I reach my office and attend to matters of importance and before I can realise and it is 12 noon and time for power cut in T Nagar, the area where my office is situated.  It is hot outside for me to venture anywhere even to meet up my friends or contacts.  By the time the power comes, it is already 2 pm and half the day is lost without much gains or contribution?  This is the state of affairs in Chennai and only those offices which have generator back up carries their operations.  The cost of power generated through diesel works out to Rs 17 per unit consumed which is roughly 3 times the cost supplied by the Electricity board!  Even the MNCs in Chennai have started utilising the power cut hours for lunch and recreation for their staff.  Those who are unable to provide back up are finding it extremely difficult to operate in the city and migrating their business to the neighbouring states.
The announcements made in today's newspapers that T nadu is going to get abundant power through Thermal power plants that will be commissioned shortly seems to be a big hoax played by the government on the people just to assuage their anger caused on account of increase in power tariff combined with power cuts ranging from 2 hours in Chennai and up to 8 hours in the districts throughout the state!  It is hard to imagine as to how the business can survive and how will the FDIs will be attracted to the state.  If only the government had taken proper measures not to stall the Koodankulam plant that was supposed to be operations in December 2011 itself, the present situation could have been avoided and the government under the present Chief Minister would have won accolades from everyone across the state.
Hope the government takes remedial steps soon so that the Detroit of India does not rename itself as Somalia of India??  To understand the problems faced by the ordinary man, the Chief minister should also be subjected to the same environment and surroundings to understand the plight?