Mysore/Mysuru: The trial run or route inspection of ‘Ambaari,’ a specially-built open roof top double-decker bus to identify the potential obstacles — dangling electricity and cable wires, tree branches and LED illumination sets on procession route, electricity poles and arches — began in city this noon. This was the second route inspection of the bus. …
Plea to transfer power lines to the new electric pole erected two years back
January 12, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Residents of 5th Cross, Krishnanagar in Yaraganahalli, coming under MCC Ward No. 36, are living in fear of a dilapidated electric pole falling down since a few years. An electric pole located in the above address was dilapidated and was in the verge of falling down, following which the residents lodged a complaint with…
Electricity bills to be issued between 1st and 16th of every month
January 7, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Effective from January 2021, electricity bills to all power consumer coming under V.V. Mohalla, Kuvempunagar, Hootagalli, Ramakrishnanagar, Jayapura and Yelwal Sub-Divisions of CESC (Chamundeshwari Electric Supply Corporation) will be issued between the 1st and 16th of every month. Accordingly, there will be changes in Meter reading dates. The CESC, in a press release, has…
Clear cables from electric poles on ‘Ambaari’ bus route or face action, CESC warns
January 5, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Having found optical fibre and dish TV cables hung zig-zag to electric poles during route inspection by Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) before embarking on operation of ‘Ambaari’, a specially-built double-decker bus for open-roof tours in Mysuru, KSTDC officials have asked Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Company Limited (CESC) to take steps for its removal…
Smart Meters installed
January 1, 2021Power bills to be sent consumers’ mobile phone numbers Mysore/Mysuru: Following installation of Smart Metres to houses and commercial establishments of power consumers by CESC at Gokulam, Mahadeshwara Layout, Brindavan Layout, Vontikoppal, Paduvarahalli and Jayalakshmipuram in V.V. Mohalla Sub-Division limits, power bills will be sent to the registered consumers’ mobile phone numbers from January 2021…
Electric poles stolen from Outer Ring Road
December 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Apart from footing the electricity bill and maintaining streetlights along the six-lane 42-km Outer Ring Road (ORR), Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has a new headache — stolen electricity poles. Yes. Miscreants are stealing the metal poles and are carrying them away in vehicles, hoodwinking both MUDA officials and Police, who often come on…
CESC blamed for substandard works in laying of underground power cables
November 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to make Mysuru overhead power lines-free, Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) has undertaken underground power cable laying works across the city at a total cost of Rs. 600 crore and the public are accusing CESC of undertaking substandard works, which could prove danger in future. In the first phase, laying of…
‘Ambaari’ to make debut on Mysuru Roads from Dec. 20
November 18, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: If everything goes well, ‘Ambaari,’ a specially-built open roof top bus for those who love open-roof tours, an initiative by Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC), is likely to hit Mysuru roads from Dec. 20. In fact, this double decker bus was ready for inauguration during Dasara festival, but it got postponed following the…
Electrical contractors stage protest in front of CESC office
November 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Urging CESC (Chamundeshwari Electrical Supply Corporation) to cancel the multi-crore tender process and to allot works on piece-work contract to local contractors after splitting the tender, electrical contractors, under the banner of Karnataka State Licenced Electrical Contractors Association, staged a demonstration in front of the CESC Head office in Vijayanagar Second Stage here yesterday….
Fallen electric pole repaired
October 30, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following publication of the news item titled ‘Public works endanger public’ in yesterday’s Star of Mysore, CESC staff, who undertook the repair works, has set right the fallen electric pole yesterday evening. The electric pole had fallen on a house on Ratan Singh Lane in Mandi Mohalla yesterday morning, after a trench was dug…
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