A Study of the Perception of University Students�  Towards Energy Conservation in Haryana (With  Special Reference to District Rohtak)

Jyoti Rani

Volume : III, Issue : XII, December - 2013

A Study of the Perception of University Students� Towards Energy Conservation in Haryana (With Special Reference to District Rohtak)

Jyoti Rani

Abstract :

The paper is an attempt to have an insight into the attitude of university student towards the problems related to electricity generation, supply, and conservation in the State of Haryana. To achieve the objectives of the study, a sample of 50 students comprising of 24 rural and 26 urban was selected from the campus of Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak and the data were collected with the help of a questionnaire. The researchers found that the electricity generation and its supply is not sufficient in the State as per the responses of the respondents. The majority of the respondents also highlighted the wastage/theft of electricity as a main cause of gap between demand and supply and further, it was suggested by the respondents that the gap can be filled by energy conservation and, by propagating it more, through the masses. The study also found that people use more electricity at work places than at homes, which needs to be controlled to overcome the problem of short supply of electricity in the State.