Mayor Shivakumar on Wednesday directed the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) to re-lay underground (UG) cables in different parts of the city on the grounds that it was taken up in a haphazard manner.
Addressing a meeting of the senior officials of the CESC, the Mayor also sought a map of the UG cables criss-crossing the city and pointed out that it had become an impediment for the MCC engineers to take up UGD repairs and extend drinking water connection.
Mysuru is a heritage city and known for its monuments and yet the CESC has drawn the power cables indiscriminately without a though to the city aesthetics, said the Mayor. He also urged the CESC to stop levying penalty on contractors taking up MCC work when they stumble upon UG power lines and damage it in the process.
