Padubidre: Indefinite strike against Navayuga Company
Padubidre, Jan 07: The Karnataka Rakshana Vedike near Padubidre Tempo Stand has launched an indefinite strike against the Navayuga Company alleging that the company wanted to collect toll though the construction of four-lane road on National Highway 66 has been not completed yet.
All the panchayat vehicles coming under Padubidri Zilla Panchayat should be allowed free of charge for free traffic. Free traffic should be implemented within one month of allowing free traffic to Udupi district registry vehicles. Service road should begin immediately from Padubidri to Kalkanka to Mulki. The bus station should be constructed immediately in Padubidri. Protesters demanded that the separate bus stand near Tempo Station be built and allow the highway smooth traffic.
Toll should not be collected from the vehicles which belong to Padubidre district panchayat. Udupi registered vehicles must get free transportation facility within a month. Work on the service road from Padubidre Kalsanka to Mulki should immediately begin. A bus stand must be constructed at Padubidre immediately, the protesters urged.
Karnataka Rakshana Vedike district president Ansar Ahmed, state organiser Prasanna Kumar Shetty Hebri, leaders Lokesh Kanchinadka, Hasan Bava, Niyaz Ahmed, Asif Appadbandhav, Umesh Jogi, Junaid, Sudheer Poojary, Firoz Kanchinadka, Abdul Hameed, Sulaiman Kanchinadka 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.
