Mangaluru: Harekal Hajabba, fruit vendor who set up school for poor children,to get Padma Shri Award
Hajabba set up school for children of his village through earnings from selling oranges in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: Harekal Hajabba, an uneducated Mangalorean man who established a school for the children of his village has been selected to be conferred with the Padma Shri Award for his selfless services in providing education to the children for over 20 years now.
Hailing from Newpadupu village in Dakshina Kannada District set up school for children of his village through meagre earnings from selling oranges in Mangalore. He initially set up ‘Hajabba School’ in a community mosque and later turned into Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat Higher Primary School with the help of locals and the government.
Hajabba will be awarded the fourth highest civilian award of the country in ‘Social Work (Affordable Education)’ category.
Having faced hardships because of being uneducated, Hajabba did not want the future generations of his village to go through the same. He now plans to upgrade the school to Pre-University College for the children in the village.
Having set up the school and helping hundreds of students of the village so far, Hajabba remains a selfless and humble man who kept his personal interests beside his social goals and didn’t even have a proper house to live in.
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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.
