According to the Energy Minister of Karnataka, MESCOM should prepare a blueprint for laying underground power supply cables in Kukke Subrahmanya town for which the government will provide financial assistance and resources.

January 15, 2022

Karnataka Energy Minister V. Sunil Kumar has informed that Mangaluru Electricity Supply Company Ltd. (MESCOM) will be bestowed with a grant of INR 1,100 crore for upgrading power infrastructure under the Union Government’s Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS). Of the grants, INR 290 crore will be spent in Dakshina Kannada, he informed.

While addressing a gathering at Kukke Subrahmanya, the Energy Minister inaugurated the power infrastructure projects worth INR 15 crore set up in Sullia and Kadaba taluks.

He said that the scheme allows for replacing old power supply lines while setting up more substations and undertaking other infrastructure projects needed to have efficient distribution systems.

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Mr. Kumar said that MESCOM should prepare a blueprint for laying underground power supply cables in Kukke Subrahmanya town. The government will provide financial assistance and resources for the tasks.

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Among the projects inaugurated included laying a 33 kV underground power supply cable from Guthigar to Kukke Subrahmanya at an estimated cost of INR 7.80 crore. It will enable supplying quality power to 20,000 consumers in the area and also help save 6.69 lakh units of power in a year, a MESCOM release said.