After electrocution deaths, pole-mounted transformers get the push
From the tragic electrocution of a 37-year-old man on Church Street in 2013 to engulfing a father-daughter duo in an exploding transformer earlier this week, the city has seen increasing deaths due to electrocution.
In fact, over 300 electrocution deaths have been reported since 2018 in the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) jurisdiction, with much of those happening in and around Bengaluru.
Relief for citizens came in the form of the High Court of Karnataka, which ordered Bescom to remove transformers from footpaths following a petition by the wife of the Church Street electrocution victim. Since then, Bescom freed several footpaths in the city, mounting 3,194 transformers over poles and devising plans to remove another 2,785 in the next couple of months.
