Repair of National Highway, closure of toll plaza demanded; ‘Padayatre’ launched from Kuloor
Mangaluru: Demanding the closure of toll plaza near NIT-K and repairing of Nanturu-Suratkal National Highway, the members of ‘Toll Gate Virodhi Horata Samiti’ initiated a ‘padayatre’ at Kuloor on Wednesday.
Toll Gate Virodhi Horata Samiti convener Muneer Katipalla, Deputy Mayor Mohammad Kunjatbail, former MLA Vijay Kumar Shetty, MCC member Dayanand Shetty, Revathi Putran, Purushottam Chitrapura, Joekatte Panchayath President Prasilla Montero, BK Imtiaz, Sunil Kumar Bajal, Santosh Bajal, Yadava Shetty , Mousabba Pakshikere, Srinath Kulal, Ayub Kolur, Dinesh Kumpala and others were present.
Heads of many organisations, including Suratkal Kinnigoli Zone Bus Owners Association, Kinnigoli Zone Lorry Owners Association, Three-wheeler Tempo Drivers' Owners Association Suratkal, Goods Tempo Driver's Association Suratkal, Suratkal Auto Driver's Union, Online Taxi Owners Association, Civil Committee Kulai, Gopalakrishna Bhajana Mandir Urundadi, New Friends Circle Krishnapur , Transport Workers Union, Suratkal, Jai-Karnataka Suratkal, DYFI Suratkal Many organizations participated in the protest.
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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.
