On 29th of March, 2011, we went for a field trip to Badshahpur petrol pump and the power station. We went with Monica ma’am, Ms. Rao and our group ‘DUSK TO DAWN’ in the morning at 9:40 a.m. We first went to the petrol pump and met the manager there. We were curious to find information and asked him a lot of questions such as- where does the petrol comes to them from, where it is stored. He answered the questions to our satisfaction.
We gained a few facts from this trip such as petrol is stored underground in tanks, which are connected to underground pipes and these are attached to the pump. Approximately, 12 thousand litres of petrol is consumed in a day and on an average 1200 cars come to the pump in an hour. There are 40 petrol pumps in Gurgaon, which are visited by about 2 lakhs 80 thousand vehicles every hour. The petrol mainly comes from Iraq to refineries in Panipat and Rewari, and from there it reaches here.
We then went to meet the Sub division officer of the power station and found out answers to a lot of questions such as why there are power cuts, why there is shortage of electricity, where we get electricity from, does this power station supply electricity to the whole of Gurgaon, has the consumption of electricity changed over time and has the shortage of electricity affected people.
We also found out about thermal power too and learnt that consumption of thermal power affects the environment. Thermal energy comes from Pali and Hydro power comes from Dadri to Haryana. This is supplied in turn from the Bhakra Nangal Dam in Himachal Pradesh and Bihar is the largest supplier of coal in India. The most interesting fact that we gained was that the amount of electricity that our school uses is 11000kw and that the demand for electricity in Haryana is more than the supply, which is the main reason for the frequent and long power cuts that we all face.
Isha Bhatnagar and Pragya Jhingran, 'Dusk to Dawn'
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