Maiden National Para Beach Volleyball tourney from Sept 27 at Malpe
Udupi, September 25: Indian Paralympics Volleyball Federation President H. Chandrashekar said that the first Para Beach Volleyball Senior Standing National Championship would be conducted in association with the Federation at the Malpe Beach from September 27-29.
Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, he said that total 16 para beach volleyball teams would participate in the three days event which was organized for the first time in association with the Karnataka State Physically Disabled Volleyball Association.
Karnataka, Goa, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Haryana, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Jharkhand and Delhi teams have confirmed their participation in the event. Two teams could play from each state, he said.
Normally beach volleyball team would have two players in each team. But in this event, each team would have three players and they would play both by sitting and standing. But in this event, the players would play by standing, he said.
Each team could have three men or two men and a woman. But because of the dress code in the beach volleyball, women in India would not prefer the match, he said.
Youth in the coastal area should evince interest in the tournament for which, a demonstration would be conducted at Malpe beach since morning on September 26 and interested youth could participate in it.
District Minister Dr. Jayamala would inaugurate the tournament at 10 am. MP Shobha Karandlaje, MLA K. Raghupathi Bhat, ZP President Dinakar Babu, DC Priyanka Mary Francis, CEO Shivananda Kapasi would be present. The valedictory programme would be held in the evening on September 29, he said.
The event would be conducted under the World Para Volleyball norms and Rs 1 lakh cash prize would be distributed to the winners. In the end of the event, Indian National Para Beach Volleyball team would be selected and it would participate in the world para beach volleyball tournament to be held in Goa in February 2019.
NICF Director Dr. Jagannathan, Federation marketing head Ranjith Martin, Shivakumar Shetty, Uday Kumar Shetty, CMC Commissioner Janardhan, District Youth Empowerment and Sports Officer Dr. Roshan Kumar Shetty 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.
