Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Ltd. (Bescom) on Monday told the High Court of Karnataka that 620 transformers, of the around 2,587 currently on footpaths in the city zone, have already been shifted or converted into special design transformer centres.
A statement in this regard was submitted before a Division Bench comprising acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J.M. Khazi during the hearing on a PIL petition filed by G.B. Athri, retired Wing Commander of the Air Force.
It had been pointed out that Bescom had set a target of shifting or converting 827 transformers in two months and already 620 have been shifted or converted.