Year after year, the energy infrastructure in Karnataka will intervene during the monsoon and monsoon months in April, May and June, suggesting a long -term maintenance problem. This year, 42.209 electric poles and 1,802 transformers were damaged in the jurisdiction of five electricity companies (ESCOMS) due to weather weather. Of these, a total of 41,805 poles and most damaged transformers were replaced. Together, ESCOMS has so far spent 77.31 GBP spending to replace the damaged infrastructure. Mangaluru Electricity Supply Company (Mescom) and Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company (Gescom) have suffered the biggest losses.
In 2024, 53,816 electric poles and 3,924 transformers were damaged between April and July, with ESCOMS incurred with 96.51 Crore. The losses continued throughout the year and the numbers touched the Crore 156 Crore by November. Until the end of November, a total of 4,594 electric poles, 5 109 transformers and 1693.19 km of electric lines were damaged.
Experts pointed out that the damage was the result of many factors, including lack of maintenance, incorrect construction procedures and tension evaluation, and to some extent unpredictable weather.
“Lack of maintenance is one of the major problems because there are no parameters against which the energy infrastructure is regularly checked. Furthermore, in terms of construction, it was previously carried out to the Energy Department officials. Electricity regulation in Karnataka.
“It should also be introduced by an accurate amount of electrical voltage when adjusting the infrastructure. If the load is too high, the infrastructure suffers and if it is too low, there are lines and other problems, he said.”
Another expert from the electricity industry also stressed that the lack of technical audit third party and regular monitoring of KERC led to the ESCOMS to be lax with the granting of bidding for the establishment of electrical infrastructure.
In response to the question concerning damage to infrastructure in the Legislative Assembly in December 2024, KJ George Minister said that the ESCOMS was instructed to be interested in monsoon and predictive maintenance in the future to avoid damage to electrical infrastructure in the future. He also ordered to maintain supplies of electric poles, conductors and other objects in his warehouses to restore energy in a short time to affected areas.
Published – 20 July 2025 17:24
