Drawing of cables through KSEB posts: HC directive to inform it about steps for ensuring safety

Drawing of cables through KSEB posts: HC directive to inform it about steps for ensuring safety

The Kerala High Court has directed the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) to file an affidavit indicating the steps taken to ensure that cables drawn through the posts of the KSEB by cable TV operators are complying with the safety regulations issued in this regard. Justice Gopinath P. also directed the KSEB to state in … Read more

Power tariff hike: amid uproar, consumers urge regulatory commission to reject KSEB proposals

Power tariff hike: amid uproar, consumers urge regulatory commission to reject KSEB proposals

A public hearing held here on Wednesday on the proposals to revise electricity tariffs intermittently relapsed into shouting matches between sections of the participants, even as a general demand arose that the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission (KSERC) reject the proposals which include a first-of-its-kind ‘summer tariff.’ The hearing was the fourth and final one … Read more

KSEB cries foul after MVD slaps fine on contract vehicle carrying pole

KSEB cries foul after MVD slaps fine on contract vehicle carrying pole

A contract vehicle of the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) was charged a fine of ₹25,000 by the Motor Vehicles department (MVD) recently. The fine was slapped on charges of driving the vehicle without valid insurance, a fitness certificate, and carrying a projected load (a pole) beyond the length of the vehicle. The challan was … Read more