From Sept 1, power will be disconnected if bills are not paid: State-owned firm BESCOM
Bengaluru, Aug 30: The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company on Friday said that from September 1, if consumers fail to pay electricity charges within 30 days of receiving bills or do not pay the required additional security deposit, it would disconnect their power supply.
BESCOM said the decision was taken as per the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) recommendation and that it would strictly enforce it from September 1.
Domestic and commercial consumers, apartments and consumers with temporary electricity connections must ensure payment of their bills within the stipulated 30 days, it said.
“Failure to pay the bill within 30 days will result in disconnection on the day of the meter reading, which typically occurs in the first 15 days of every month. BESCOM urges all consumers to pay their bills on time to avoid any inconvenience,” the state-owned power company said.
At present, after meter reading in the first 15 days of each month, meter readers, along with linemen, revisit the premises of consumers with outstanding bills to disconnect their electricity supply.
“Starting September 1, linemen will accompany the meter readers in the first visit itself and immediately disconnect the electricity supply of consumers with overdue bills,” BESCOM said.
A period of 15 days is provided for electricity bill payments until the due date without interest, the power company said, adding that an additional 15-day grace period is available for payments with interest after the due date.
“However, if the bill remains unpaid, the electricity supply will be disconnected on the next meter reading day. Connections will be disconnected if the outstanding amount, including the additional security deposit, exceeds Rs 100,” BESCOM said.
BESCOM also said that there may be instances where the payment does not immediately reflect in the BESCOM system when paying electricity bills online. In such cases, consumers should present their payment receipt to the BESCOM staff to avoid disconnection.
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Two injuries, one DNF, a DQ as India end messy World Relays campaign
Gaborone (Botswana) (PTI): Amoj Jacob and Ragul Kumar got injured during the men's 4x400m and 4x100 races respectively as India ended their World Athletics Relays campaign in disappointment on the second day of competitions here on Sunday.
The Indian camp had high hopes of making the 2027 World Championships in the men's 4x400m relay but the team did not finish (DNF) the race as Jacob suffered cramps and pulled out of the race after taking the baton from the first leg runner Dharamveer Choudhary. Rajesh Ramesh and Vishal TK were to run in the third and fourth legs.
Those teams which could not qualify for the 2027 Beijing World Championships by reaching the final round of each of the six relay events on Saturday were given another chance in the second qualification round on Sunday.
The top two teams in each of the two heats (in all six relay events) booked the Beijing ticket on Sunday.
India will now have to try and qualify for the World Championships through the Top Lists of the World Athletics, which is a long and tedious process.
In the men's 4x100m race, third leg runner Ragul Kumar fell down the track after failing to hand over the baton inside the exchange zone to fourth leg runner Gurindervir Singh, which clearly showed the lack of coordination among the runners.
Harsh Santosh Raut and Animesh Kujur ran the first two legs.
The Indian quartet was disqualified and Kumar was seen being taken away from the Field of Play with the help of the volunteers.
It was a comedy of errors in the case of the women's 4x100m race, which saw the baton being dropped during an exchange between first leg runner Tamanna and second runner Nithya Gandhe, though the Indians finished the race in 53.09 seconds.
Gandhe started running quite a distance, but after realising that the baton was not in her hand, she turned and ran back to pick it up.
The only silver-lining for the Indian contingent was the national record time in the mixed 4x100m relay race, though the quartet of Ragul Kumar, Nithya Gandhe, Animesh Kujur and Sneha SS finished sixth in heat number two with a time of 41.35 seconds, bettering the previous national mark of 42.30 seconds set in March in Chandigarh.
The mixed 4x400m relay quartet of Theerthesh P Shetty, Kumari Saloni, Nihal William and Rashdeep Kaur ended at fifth in heat number one with a time of 3 minutes and 19.40 seconds.
On Saturday, all the five Indian relay teams had failed to make it to the respective final rounds and thus missed out on the 2027 World Championships berths.
