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Bengaluru clean-up drive clears 694 transformer yards, 356 poles
Bengaluru’s 'Clean Up Bengaluru' footpath drive has expanded beyond conventional encroachments. Bescom and the GBA are now removing electrical poles, transformer centres, and other infrastructure blocking pedestrians. Launched by energy minister KJ…
The Story in Brief
Bengaluru’s 'Clean Up Bengaluru' footpath drive has expanded beyond conventional encroachments. Bescom and the GBA are now removing electrical poles, transformer centres, and other infrastructure blocking pedestrians. Launched by energy minister KJ George on August 1, the initiative saw a two-day intensive drive on Saturday.
Bescom has surveyed 908 roads so far. As of August 7, it relocated 356 electric poles, 10 transformer centres, and 7 Ring Main Units. Officials also cleaned and secured 694 distribution transformer centre yards, 107 RMUs, and 110 spun poles. Bescom MD N Shivashankara personally supervised inspections in the BMAZ area. The drive will continue until the end of the month.
The Indian Opinion
The Bengaluru clean-up drive is a rare case of an infrastructure agency acting on pedestrian complaints before a disaster. The danger of live, garbage-choked transformer yards on footpaths has been ignored for years. Residents will watch whether Bescom maintains these clears after the campaign ends, or if encroachments and clutter creep back within weeks. The real test is the number of repeat complaints in the same wards six months from now.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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