The Hindu       29.01.2015  

Power to BBMP office cut due to non-payment

Bescom officials cut power supply to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) head office on Wednesday morning as the civic body had allegedly failed to pay power bills amounting to Rs. 10 lakh for the November–December period.

Bangalore Electronic Supply Company (Bescom) officials disconnected supply around 10.30 a.m. when a BBMP council meeting was scheduled.

BBMP authorities immediately prepared a Demand Draft (DD) for Rs. 10 lakh following which power was restored 90 minutes later.

This is not the first time that the civic body has been in the news for the wrong reasons. Recently, telecom company BSNL had cut outgoing calls of nearly 750 official mobile numbers of the BBMP after the civic body failed to pay telephone bills for four months amounting Rs. 16 lakh.

Civic body allegedly failed to pay bills of Rs. 10 lakh for the November–December period