Bengaluru likely to experience internet outages; Everything you need to know
Might impact tech companies, WFH employees
Bengaluru: Bengaluru, often hailed as India's tech capital, faces the looming possibility of an internet blackout that could significantly impact both work-from-home employees and the operations of tech firms in the region.
The reason behind this potential disruption is the decision taken by the Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) to remove all unauthorised optical fibre cables (OFCs), data cables, and dish cables that have been laid on electrical poles across the city.
This move comes in the wake of two incidents where pedestrians were injured due to electric poles collapsing under the weight of dangling OFCs. The first incident occurred on August 22 in Sadduguntepalya near Koramangala, resulting in serious injuries to a 21-year-old college student who suffered significant burns. The second incident happened on August 19 in Devarabisanahalli near Bellandur, where a 23-year-old pedestrian was injured by a falling pole.
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In response, Bescom has announced its decision to remove all unauthorised cables within a week's time. The company emphasized that if OFC and dish cable operators fail to comply within this timeframe, Bescom will take the matter into its own hands and proceed with removal, while also filing cases against the concerned operators.
While the move is aimed at ensuring public safety and preventing such accidents in the future, it has raised concerns about potential internet disruptions in the tech hub. Residents in various areas, including Sarjapur Road, Carmelaram, and HSR Layout, have reported internet outages in recent days due to the removal of unauthorised cables.
This situation echoes past instances in 2019 when similar removals by the Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) led to internet outages in areas like Outer Ring Road, Sarjapur Road, Whitefield, Marathahalli, Bellandur, and Sarjapur. Such actions without prior intimation to telecom and internet service providers prompted the Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) to raise concerns about potential outages and user inconvenience.
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Police inspector suspended over 'involvement' in honour killing in Andhra's' Palnadu dt
Macherla (Andhra Pradesh) (PTI): A police inspector was suspended on Sunday over his alleged involvement in an alleged honour killing of a woman in a village under Macherla in Palnadu district, a senior police official said.
According to police, the woman, identified as Chowdeshwaramma, was in a relationship with Nagaraj, both belonging to the same community, and had eloped earlier.
"A police inspector was suspended following allegations of involvement in an honour killing case, including suspected monetary transactions with the victim's family," the official told PTI.
Police said the couple had approached the police station after eloping, where the woman's parents assured that they would conduct her marriage with Nagaraj, following which she returned home.
However, after a few days, when the family allegedly did not show interest in conducting the marriage, the woman expressed her intention to go back with the man again, he said.
Subsequently, she was found dead, with the family initially claiming that she died by hanging and filing a complaint accordingly.
The postmortem report later revealed that the woman was murdered by strangulation, contradicting the family's claim, police said.
Allegations later surfaced that the inspector had taken money from the woman's father and was involved in handing her back to the family earlier.
Based on these allegations and failure to take proper action in the case, the inspector was placed under suspension, said the official.
The woman's death is reported to have occurred on March 18, police said.
Meanwhile, police have registered a case under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and relevant sections may be altered during the course of investigation, he added.
