The development of industry in the modern age is
entirely, a miracle of electricity. In every factory it is the electric current
that turns the wheel. The country who can produce sufficient electricity for
industrial and domestic use can manage to progress speedily. The total
industrial produce and commercial turnover of a country depends on the quantity
of electric power available for her industry and transport.
Electricity has not only revolutionized our
industry and commerce, it has also brought for us great facilities in the field
of education and health. Treatment by X-rays and electrotherapy would have been
impossible without the help of electricity. Diagnosis and operations in many
complicated diseases are done only with the help of electric power and for
almost all chemical preparations and medicines electricity is a must. Even in
the field of education we find electricity very useful. Education through
films, radio and tape cord has been possible only with the help of electricity.
In brief, electricity is a servant that serves us
for 24 hour. In both the home and outside the home, it is a good servant only
till the time you keep it under your thumb. But as soon as your grip becomes
loose, it becomes a cruel master. Thousands of people in every country die
every year simply because of electric shocks. As soon as this giant is out of
control it becomes extremely dangerous. Therefore, with all its blessings, its
risks should also be put in mind.
On the whole, electricity is a very useful and
important power. It has become a part and parcel of modern living. Its
advantages are so numerous that people forget its dangers and very often become
a prey to it, but that is a fault not with the electric power but with those
who use it.