Jayanagar constituency to go for voting tomorrow
Assembly Election
Bengaluru, June 10: The Jayanagar assembly constituency, which created a tough competition between the Congress-JDS coalition government and the BJP, will go for voting on June 11. The Election Commission has made all preparations to conduct voting from 7 am to 6 pm.
The election to the constituency was postponed as BJP candidate died before the election. Now, total 19 candidates including BN Prahlad Babu from BJP, Soumya Reddy from Congress, independent candidate Ravi Krishna Reddy and others are in the fray. Total 216 polling stations were set up in the constituency, for which 1400 polling staff were deputed. Among them, 50 polling stations were given web-casting facility and 15 were given videography facility. Total 29 officers were appointed as divisional officers to oversee the polling stations.
The constituency has total number of 2,03,184 voters and pink polling booths were set up in five places where women voters are more. After the formation of the coalition government, the JDS candidate Kale Gowda has withdrawn his papers paving way for Congress candidate Soumya Reddy.
Meanwhile, it is said that there is a triangular fight between Congress, BJP and independent candidate Ravi Krishna Reddy who has been fighting against corruption and election malpractices. So, Jayanagar election has created more curiosity.
Already, the Election Commission has imposed prohibitory order under Section 144 in the constituency. Liquor sale was completely banned and police security is beefed up throughout the constituency.
Counting of votes on June 13
Counting of votes would be held on June 13. All preparations were made to count the votes at SSMRV College at Jayanagar 4th Block. The counting will be held from 8 am and the result will be out by afternoon.
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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.
