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Kerala's electricity employees withdrew their planned strike after talks with officials addressed concerns regarding smart meters, worker transfers, reinstated leaders, and contract issues, securing government assurances to protect public sector status.
Residents near Kottayam’s Kanjiram Jetty face grave danger from sagging, sparking power lines after a stay wire snapped. Despite repeated appeals, KSEB officials have delayed repairs, citing staff shortages while families live in fear.
The Kerala State Electricity Board is spending 22.98 lakh rupees to install covered conductors across Vembanad Lake, preventing accidents from low-lying power cables and ensuring safe backwater transport and farming.
Kerala’s KSEB successfully began trial runs for its first 15 megawatt Battery Energy Storage System in Kasaragod. Developed at zero capital cost, the Mulleria plant supplies affordable peak-hour electricity.
A major disaster was averted in Eloor after a lightning strike snapped a high-tension power line across rooftops and a busy road.
Kerala State Electricity Board Limited introduced simplified, standardised power connection charges ranging from ₹2,000 for domestic users, aiming to eliminate field surveys and significantly streamline application processing times across the state.
During an Assembly adjournment motion, Kerala's government criticised the former LDF administration, led by Pinarayi Vijayan, for cancelling a cheap long-term power deal, worsening the state's severe electricity crisis and escalating costs.
Residents in Badiyadukka panchayat face hardship as streetlights and the town circle high-mast light are broken. Panchayat President D. Shankara stated that an estimate is prepared to repair forty-seven expired mini-mast lights.
Kerala State Electricity Board received sanction to continue purchasing 177 MW from NTPC thermal plants until April 2029. Despite high fixed costs, regulators approved this due to severe state power shortages.
Disabled resident Prakash and neighbours in Kottakuzhi face constant electrocution risks due to dangerously sagging high-tension power lines, while unfulfilled official promises leave families terrified during every seasonal storm.
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