BENGALURU: Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) will consult Gas Authority India Ltd (GAIL), the natural gas processing and distribution company, before digging for laying underground electric cables in the city. It will avail GAIL’s geographical information system to dig at the right places, BESCOM Managing Director C Shikha has said.
“As GAIL has GIS mapping-based systems, we will consult them before digging. There has to be coordination, otherwise it will be dangerous,” she said.
In Bengaluru, there are 1,200km of low tension lines and 6,000 km of high tension lines. To begin with, they are taking 6,800km of UG electric cable. A sum of Rs 5,300 crore has been approved for the same.
