Mysore/Mysuru: Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) Limited has incurred losses estimated at a whopping Rs. 2.05 crore, with the rain and wind wreaking a havoc in the district in the recent days. Starting from May 3, the onset of pre-monsoon rain till recently, heavy downpour was witnessed both in urban and rural parts of Mysuru,…
Fund crunch halts underground electric cabling works in city
May 8, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: With only 12 days remaining until the completion of its first year in office, the Siddaramaiah-led Congress Government faces challenges in prioritising developmental works amidst the implementation of five pre-poll guarantees including 200 units of free power, costing the exchequer to a great extent. The underground (UG) electric cable network project aimed at modernising…
Electric Vehicles, charging stations surge in Mysuru
May 3, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The sales of Electric Vehicle (EV) of different makes and the development of EV infrastructure in Mysuru have experienced notable growth. Officials report that sales have surged significantly, attributed to the rush to purchase vehicles before the conclusion of the Faster Adoption & Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME-II) subsidy scheme. In response to the…
Smash & Grab!
March 12, 2024City industrialist loses laptop and badminton kit worth Rs. 1.20 lakh as miscreants break window & steal Mysore/Mysuru: In a broad daylight incident of smash and grab where miscreants made away with a laptop and badminton kit by breaking open the rear window glass of a car has been reported in city. The incident took…
Youth electrocuted while shifting power line
March 12, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: A 27-year-old youth was electrocuted while shifting a power line at Kalyangiri in city on Monday. The deceased youth is Pradeep, a resident of Mahadevapura in Srirangapatna taluk. It is learnt that one Shekar, a CESC Lineman, was getting the power line shifted from Pradeep when the tragedy took place. Pradeep was engaged in…
Two CESC personnel held for graft
March 9, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Two CESC Personnel, an Assistant Engineer and a Junior lineman, were caught by the Lokayukta Police while accepting bribe for a favour. G. Harish, Assistant Engineer at Kuvempunagar CESC Sub-Division and Gundappa, Junior lineman at the same Sub-division are the ones who were caught. Abhishek, a Bengaluru-based Electrical Contractor, had sought an additional 20…
Leaning electric pole triggers threat at VV Market
February 14, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Adding to the list of civic bodies in news for wrong reasons in the recent days, the laxity of Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) in addressing the grievances of general public has come to fore. A huge branch of a dead tree fell on the electricity line pulling down the pole aside, at Vani…
CESC files 27 cases of illegal power connections
February 9, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Sleuths attached to vigilance squad of Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) Limited raided the houses at a private residential layout on the outskirts of the city and filed 27 cases for illegal power connections. It is alleged that, 27 houses at Basava Sagara Layout on Chikkanahalli Main Road in Yelwal had tapped power illegally….
Names of heads to Boards and Corporations announced
January 27, 2024All MLAs for now. Appointments for Mysuru delayed Bengaluru: After months of wait, the Siddaramaiah-led Congress Government on Friday appointed 34 MLAs of the party as Heads of various State-run Boards and Corporations. However, barring CESC, no appointments has been made concerning 6 other Mysuru-based Boards and Corporations — MUDA (Mysuru Urban Development Authority), CADA…
Button blunder
January 25, 2024Cesc MD suspended as the power button to mark inauguration of an event by Chief Minister fails Periyapatna: C.N. Sridhar, Managing Director of Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (Cesc) Limited has been suspended for dereliction of duty, for making a blunder at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s programme organised to kick-start filling of water to lakes from Cauvery…
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