Unplugging electrical hazards: Towards better public safety in Karnataka
2 years, 7 months ago

Unplugging electrical hazards: Towards better public safety in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Last month, the unfortunate news of a father-daughter duo dying from electrocution due to a transformer blast in Bengaluru put a big question mark on electrical safety in public places. According to a Karnataka Government site, data from the last three years show that 58 departmental and 1,077 non-departmental fatal accidents took place at five state electricity distribution companies during this period. The audits would also help in ensuring strict adherence to the conditions laid out by the Central Electricity Authority for distribution network infrastructure. The Central Government has also initiated various schemes and reforms to tackle the issues related to poor electrical infrastructure, the most recent being the Centre’s Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme, which aims to provide reliable power supply to all by improving the operational and financial efficiency of DISCOMs and strengthening the supply infrastructure.

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Karnataka’s Electricity department suffers ₹96.51 crore loss due to monsoon damages
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Karnataka’s Electricity department suffers ₹96.51 crore loss due to monsoon damages

The Hindu  

The Energy Department has suffered an estimated loss of ₹96.51 crore due to damage to infrastructure across Karnataka during the ongoing monsoon until July 28. Most of the damage has been recorded in the jurisdictions of Mangalore Electricity Supply Company, Hubli Electricity Supply Company and Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Company where several districts have witnessed floods and landslides. Gaurav Gupta, Additional …

Over 2,500 fatal electrical accidents in Karnataka in the last five years
6 months ago

Over 2,500 fatal electrical accidents in Karnataka in the last five years

The Hindu  

There have been 2,539 fatal electrical accidents in Karnataka in the last five years, according to the Electrical Inspectorate’s data. Apart from this, there have been 1,070 non-fatal electrical accidents, 2,534 fatal accidents pertaining to animals and 3,420 fire accidents in the last five years. However, the number of fatal and non-fatal electrical accidents was the lowest in 2023–24. The …

966 people killed in electrical accidents under GESCOM area in 10 years
10 months, 1 week ago

966 people killed in electrical accidents under GESCOM area in 10 years

The Hindu  

On September 29, 2021, a seven-year-old boy, who was playing at a public garden near his residence at NGO Colony, off Sedam Road in Kalaburagi, was electrocuted after he accidentally touched a live electricity wire connected to a high-mast lighting pole. The poor boy, indeed, was among the 100 people who lost their lives in different electrical accidents reported from …

Watch | Why do so many electrical accidents happen in Bengaluru?
1 year ago

Watch | Why do so many electrical accidents happen in Bengaluru?

The Hindu  

On November 19, after celebrating Deepavali in Tamil Nadu, 23-year-old Soundharya and her nine-month-old daughter Suviksha returned to Bengaluru, along with her husband Santosh Kumar. After deboarding a bus at Silk Board junction, the family took a bus to Hope Farm junction in the city’s eastern part. According to statistics shared by the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company, which has jurisdiction …

Frequent electrocution deaths raise questions over safety of power supply network in undivided Anantapur district
2 years ago

Frequent electrocution deaths raise questions over safety of power supply network in undivided Anantapur district

The Hindu  

Close on the heels of the five labourers dying after coming in contact with a snapped overhead 11KV power line at Darga Honnur village of Bommanahal mandal in Anantapur district, a tenant farmer died in a similar accident in the same village on November 23. When The Hindu tried to find out the ground realities, the people in the know …

Bengaluru residents demand better power infrastructure
2 years, 7 months ago

Bengaluru residents demand better power infrastructure

The Hindu  

Residents of Geddalahalli in Sanjaynagar staged a protest on Saturday evening against unauthorised and hanging cables. “None of the civic utilities, BBMP or Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company have taken any action in the interest of public safety,” the protesting residents charged. H.M. Manjunath, acting chairman and member of the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission, did not mince words and that if …

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