BESCOM to provide rebate under two schemes

The electricity board is providing a discount to MSMEs which were affected by an increase in recent tariffs on electricity.  Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) officials has suggested that the government provide rebates to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) affected because of the recent hike in electricity tariff.  Mrs. Harini deputy general manager […]

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Pedestrians ignore footpaths, choose roads

Pedestrians prefer walking on roads instead of navigating broken and inconvenient footpaths. People take the road instead of walking on broken footpaths on both conventional and Tender (Specifications for Urban Road Execution) S.U.R.E.  footpaths. Tender SURE infrastructure is designed to avoid road cutting and major maintenance. Shobha, a 64-year-old pedestrian walking on Jayanagar’s 27th cross, […]

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BESCOM to roll out 140 EV charging stations by Jan 2023

Currently, the city has 284 charging stations; the target is to have one EV charging station every three kilometers. Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) is set to launch 140 more electric vehicle (EV) charging stations by January next year, in addition to its already existing count of 284. This will take the city’s total […]

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power cuts in bengaluru

No current, no work

People have had to buy uninterrupted power supply (UPS) systems to avoid the inconvenience caused due to frequent power cuts. The translocation of overhead cables into underground cable resulted in power cuts at Konanakunte area in Bengaluru on December 2, 2021. Shop owners and residents expressed problems due to frequent power cuts in the Konanakunte […]

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