The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday directed the Managing Director of Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Ltd (BESCOM) to personally appear in the Court to explain the reasons for not relocating/shifting the electrical transformers on footpaths expeditiously despite identifying around 5,200 such transformers several months ago.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar passed the order while hearing a PIL petition filed by G.B. Athri, a retired Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force.
“In spite of sufficient time granted by this court, the shifting of transformers from footpath not yet started. The delay in shifting of transformers affects the public at large, as all these transformers are installed on the footpath and put the public at risk and also causing inconvenience,” the Bench observed in its order.
