Did you permit transformers to be installed on footpaths? HC asks BBMP

The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the Palike to take a clear stand on whether it permitted the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) to install transformers on footpaths.

The direction was passed on a PIL asking for the removal of transformers located on or below the footpaths.

A division bench headed by Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka directed the BBMP to file a specific response particularly regarding the footpaths mentioned in the petition.

Filed by G B Athri, a retired IAF wing commander, the petition claimed that electrical installations on roads and footpaths pose grave danger to human lives and also amount to human rights violation.