Udupi: Congress takes out Padayatre seeking support for Bharat Bandh
Udupi, September 9: Seeking support for the Bharat Bandh from the businessmen, industrialists, merchants and general public, the district Congress workers and leaders took out a Padayatre in the city on Sunday.
Led by district Congress President Janardhan Thonse, the office-bearers and workers took out the Padayatre to Jodukatte, Court Road, KM Road, Service and City Bus Stations, Shops, Offices, Commercial Complexes and other places and appealed the people to support the bandh.
Janardhan Thonse said that the central government has failed to check the fuel price hike. Due to fuel price hike, the general public have been facing the problem. The common people did not have Achhe Din. People need to support the Bharat Bandh. The Congress party has been appealing and requesting the people and it was not a force, he said.
District Congress secretary Harish Kini, KPCC member Veronika Karnalio, Dinesh Puthran, District Youth Congress President Vishwas Ameen, District women Congress President Geetha Vagle,Leaders Ramesh Kanchan, Narasimhamurthy, Janardhan Bhandarkar and others were present.
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Power tariffs under BESCOM to rise from May 1
Bengaluru (PTI): Power bills for consumers under the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will go up from May 1, following an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Friday.
The hike comes after KERC allowed the BESCOM to recover a revenue deficit of Rs 2,068 crore incurred in 2024-25, from the consumers.
As a result, for every unit of electricity consumed in 2024-25, the customers will be charged an additional 56 paise, it said.
"BESCOM shall calculate, for each of the active consumers of FY2024-25 the amount to be recovered based on their actual energy consumption during FY2024-25. Such amount shall be recovered during FY 2026-27 in equal monthly instalments, to be called as 'FY25 True up Charges', commencing from the first meter reading date falling on or after 1 May 2026 and concluding with the reading date ending on 30 April 2027," the order said.
"It is further ordered that BESCOM shall maintain a separate head of account, allocated for the purpose, to record the adjustment of the said amount to ensure full recovery of the deficit," it added.
Similarly Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has also recorded a revenue deficit of Rs 121.71 crore and can collect an additional 15 paisa per unit for consumption in 2024-25, official sources said.
