BENGALURU: Since January, the Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) has cut and dug up 263 roads across the city to fix cable faults and resume power supply. According to data from the BESCOM technical department, Bengaluru East Division received 185 complaints followed by Bengaluru North (43), South (25) and West (10).
“BESCOM was compelled to cut and dig roads as underground cables were damaged by either Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, optical fibre companies and sometimes the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike. The works were taken up on an emergency and the BESCOM civil engineer team was present. Once the cable fault was fixed, the dug-up roads were restored,” said an official.
