MESCOM incurs a Huge Loss in just 15 Days: Here are the details

August 18: Mangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (Mescom) has incurred a loss of Rs 9.12 crore between August 1 and 15 alone due to heavy rain. Loss of Rs 7.44 crore was reported in Dakshina Kannada.
Due to heavy rains, gusty winds and flood, 1,118 transformers have been damaged, 15,502 electricity poles were uprooted or broken down and 457.79-km power lines were damaged in the four districts since April 1.
Only in Dakshina Kannada, 107 transformers, 1,968 electricity poles, 118.44 -km lines had been damaged in the month of August alone. The loss incurred by Mescom in DK is Rs 3.23 crore, Udupi is Rs 1.12 crore, Rs 2.73 crore in Shivamogga and Rs 2.03 crore in Chikkamagaluru district in the month of August.
As many as 272 villages are yet to receive power supply which will be restored after the flood recedes in such villages.