Cricketer Rishabh Pant provides financial aid to girl from Bagalkot to get BCA seat
Bagalkot: In a philanthropic move, Indian cricket star Rishabh Pant is reported to have provided financial support a girl from Bagalkot who needed Rs 40,000 to gain entry into a BCA course.
The student, Jyothi Kanabur from Rabakavi village Bilagi taluk, is the daughter of Theerthayya, who owns a tea stall in the village. She had completed PUC with 83 per cent marks and wished to continue her education, but the financial status of her family proved a hurdle.
The family members, in an attempt to send Jyothi to college, are learned to have requested a Rabakavi-based contractor Anil Hunshikatti to help Jyothi get a BCA seat at the BLDE College in Jamakhandi. Assuring them help to get a seat and also financial aid, Hunshikatti reportedly brought the matter to the notice of his friend Akshay Nayak, who works as digital manager of Rishabh Pant. Nayak, in turn, informed Pant about the problems faced by the family with regard to the education of the girl.
Pant is said to have offered to help Jyothi’s family and immediately transferred the required amount to the college account to help the girl get a seat.
The villagers, on learning of the cricketer’s help to the family, appreciated his efforts at ensuring the girl continues her education.
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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.
