Mangaluru: Pumpwell flyover construction nears end; expected to be inaugurated on January 31
Mangaluru: The construction work of Pumpwell flyover, which over the last few months had become a meme content due to its delayed construction process has finally been completed and it expected to be inaugurated for general traffic movement on January 31.
The flyover has been under construction for over last ten years and has missed several deadlines of inauguration given by Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel in the last couple of years. In December last year Nalin Kumar Kateel had strictly instructed the tendered company Navyug to complete the construction by the end of January 2020 under the supervision of Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh.
600 long and 20 meters wide, the construction for the pumpwell flyover began in 2010 and did not take up pace for first six years. And in last few years missed several deadlines of completion. Last year in November MP Nalin Kumar Kateel asserted that the flyover will be inaugurated on January 1, calling for trolls and memes on social media.
In the last couple of months the construction work was fastened after it was halted during monsoon.
MP Nalin Kumar Kateel on Wednesday along with MLA Vedavyas Kamath visited and inspected the flyover. He was accompanied by MCC Councillor Sudheer Kumar Shetty, Santosh Kumar Rai and others during the visit.
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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.
