Online services of five ESCOMs to remain unavailable from July 25 to 27
Bengaluru: The Energy Department has announced that online services of five Electricity Supply Companies (ESCOMs) will be unavailable for two days, from 8:30 PM on July 25 to 10:00 PM on July 27, due to an Information Technology (IT) system upgrade.
In a notification issued on Tuesday, the department said that services such as electricity bill payment, name and address changes, and new connection requests will be suspended during this period. The disruption will affect all ESCOM websites, the BESCOM Mitra mobile app, and payment counters at Bangalore One and Karnataka One centers.
Areas Affected by BESCOM: All sub-divisions of Bengaluru city including Shidlaghatta, Chikkaballapur, Kolar, Chintamani, Kanakapura, Ramanagara, Davangere-1 & 2, Chitradurga, Tumkur-1 & 2, Sira, Channapatna, Anekal, Mulbagal, Bangarpet, Gauribidanur, Hoskote, Doddaballapur, KGF, Challakere, Kunigal, Harapanahalli, Harihar, Hiriyur, and Tiptur.
CESC (Chamundeshwari ESCOM): Malavalli, Nanjangud, Mysuru, Mandya, Hunsur, Chamarajanagar, K R Nagar, Arsikere, Madikeri, Kollegal, Hassan, and Channarayapatna.
MESCOM: Bantwal, Kadur, Tarikere, Puttur, Udupi, Mangaluru, Shikaripura, Sagar, Shivamogga, Bhadravati, and Chikkamagaluru.
GESCOM: Manvi, Sindhanur, Bidar, Gangavati, Kalaburagi, Sedam, Basavakalyan, Wadi, Aland, Bhalki, Shahabad, Shahpur, Shorapur, Siruguppa, Kampli, Yadgir, Raichur, Ballari, Koppal, Humnabad, and Hosapete.
HESCOM: Hubballi-Dharwad, Belagavi, Karwar, Nippani, Chikkodi, Athani, Bhatkal, Dandeli, Indi, Saundatti, Savanur, Sirsi, Kumta, Bagalkot, Rabakavi-Banahatti, Gadag, Gokak, Haveri, Ilkal, and Mudhol.
Consumers in the affected areas are advised to complete any urgent transactions before the scheduled downtime. Services are expected to resume as normal after the upgrade is completed on July 27 at 10:00 PM.
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Bangladesh court sentences Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in corruption cases
Dhaka (PTI): A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in two separate corruption cases related to alleged irregularities in allocations of land in a government housing project.
Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 Judge Rabiul Alam handed down the verdicts, sentencing Hasina to a total of 10 years’ imprisonment — five years in each case, state-run BSS news agency reported.
The court sentenced 78-year-old Hasina, her nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq, and her nieces, Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq, and others in the cases over alleged irregularities in the allocation of plots under the Rajuk New Town Project in Purbachol.
The judgment was pronounced at around 12.30 pm.
Tulip Siddiq was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment — two years in each case — while Radwan Mujib Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq were each sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in both cases.
Rajuk member Mohammad Khurshid Alam, the only accused to surrender before the court, was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in each case, totalling two years.
The court also fined all convicted persons Tk1 lakh each and ordered them to serve an additional six months in prison in default of payment.
Hasina has been living in India since she fled Bangladesh on August 5 last year in the face of the massive protests. She was earlier declared a fugitive by the court.
The cases were filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged abuse of power in the allocation of two 10-katha plots.
According to the prosecution, the accused manipulated the allocation process and violated existing rules and regulations of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk).
