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Bescom is transforming and taking its power infra underground
Summers not only bring a rise in mercury but
power cuts too, as power consumption increases with air conditioners and fans working overtime. Many areas in Bengaluru are already facing frequent power cuts giving rise to the speculation that unscheduled load shedding has started already. However,
Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) officials say that there is no power shortage. Instead
Karnataka is now a ‘power surplus’ state. But you will still face power cuts and that’s because of Bescom is laying underground cables.
WFH affected
With many people still working from home, frequent power cuts are affecting deadlines. “I stay in Bhuvaneshwari Nagar and there was no power on Monday from 8.30 am to 8.30 pm. When you have such long power cuts, having a
A file photo of Bellary Power station
HUBBALLI: Although it has been more than five years since the Union ministry of environment and forests and climate change issued a fresh set of guidelines for controlling the emission of polluting gases at power stations, many such units in Karnataka continue to violate these norms. A study conducted by the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has classified three units of the Bellary Thermal Power Station (BTPS) as ‘unclean’.
According to the colour code used by the researchers for the study, those units classified under ‘yellow’ are considered cleaner, while those marked ‘orange’ or ‘red’ are considered unclean and hence, dangerous. Units one, two and three at the BTPS have been grouped under the ‘orange’ class. Among the findings in the study submitted by the researchers is that BTPS has failed to check emissions of sulphur-di-oxide (SO2). The Union ministry’s norms show that unchecked SO2 emission is