The High Court of Karnataka has directed the Managing Director (MD) of Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) to be present before it on April 7 to explain the inordinate delay in shifting power transformers from public footpaths.
The direction comes in the backdrop of the death of two people a few days ago after a faulty transformer burst and engulfed them in flames. Two BESCOM officials, who were held for the transformer blast, were however granted bail in the same day of their arrest.
The blast was due to an oil leakage that had already been reported by citizens to BESCOM. It was the neglect and inaction on BESCOM’s part that is said to have killed a father and daughter duo, while they were coming back after booking a convention hall for the nineteen-year-old’s engagement ceremony.
