Safety of lives, property is top priority, says GESCOM MD

‘Company is going to take up a number of safety measures’

Responding to concerns over accidents leading to loss of human life, Rahul Pandve, Managing Director of Gulbarga Electricity Company (GESCOM) said that he had a number of safety projects in the pipeline to ensure the safety of people and public property. “Safety is our top priority. We are taking up a number of initiatives to ensure the safety of human life and public property. Replacing open live electric wires with insulated pipes and wires, iron electric poles with cement ones. We are identifying the hazardous locations to implement the safety measures,” Mr. Pandve said during his interaction with presspersons at his office in Kalaburagi on Saturday. The GESCOM has, he added, identified 2,088 hazardous locations across its area of operation in the seven districts of the Kalyana Karnataka and sensitive places like schools, hostels and hospitals will be prioritised in the implementation of safety measures.