Power woes: Farmers to lay siege to MESCOM MD’s office on Apr 8

Power woes: Farmers to lay siege to MESCOM MD’s office on Apr 8

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, April 3, 2013: The farming community of the district  has expressed its ire over the MESCOM for its ‘profit  oriented’ policies and has decided to lay siege to the MESCOM MD’s office on April 8.

Informing this to  reporters in Mangalore, Vijaykumar Hegde, State Vice President of the  Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha said the MESCOM should make arrangements to supply power to DK and Udupi district from Jog  instead of relying on UPCL.

 

He further said the  undivided DK district was facing problems galore due to the  load shedding that has put farmers as well as the general public in great trouble. He said the district which never faced grave power problems in the past, began to feel the heat ever since the UPCL came up and the power from Jog was diverted to Hassan and Bangalore. The policies of MESCOM has made the people of the district suffer, he further added.

Hegde was also highly critical of the KERC for increasing electricity tariff frequently  and said it was aimed at nothing  but appeasing the power generating and supplying companies.

He further alleged that the MESCOM officials, at the behest of the MESCOM chief  were harassing the farmers and were snatching their lands for laying of electricity poles and such other  things.