<p>Frequent power outages and poor quality of power supply are hurting the small-scale industries in Machohalli, a private industrial area near Magadi Road, Southwest Bengaluru. </p>.<p>Industries in the MSME category located in the area, such as plastic, powder coating, garments and chemicals, are electricity-dependent. Industrialists here say that they face two to four hours of power outage a day, resulting in Rs-8,000 losses a day. </p>.<p>The Machohalli Small Scale Industrial Association’s secretary Suresh N Sagar said the 1,500 industries here pay Rs 500 crore in taxes every year, despite which the area lacks even the most basic of infrastructure. </p>.<p>“We pay Bescom Rs 8 crore every year. Then why can’t we have uninterrupted power supply?” Suresh asked. The industries are incurring a 25 per cent loss in their turnovers currently and say their tax payments will increase by 25 per cent with the improvement in facilities. </p>.<p>Narasimha Murthy, who owns Fluid Air Systems Private Limited, said that the lack of intimation before power outages severely interfered with the production activities. </p>.<p>The 1,500 industries in Machohalli employ over 15,000 people, yet the place lacks proper roads, water facilities or streetlights. </p>.<p>“Despite (Karnataka) being a power-surplus state, industries aren't getting uninterrupted power supply mainly due to lack of infrastructure,” said Srinath Bhandari, another industrialist in the area. </p>.<p>Members of the association said that a writ petition filed by some farmers in the High Court of Karnataka was preventing a separate electrical tower being erected in Magadi Road for them. </p>.<p>The Machohalli Small Scale Industrial Association recently submitted a memorandum to the Bescom executive engineer, Tavarekere, Magadi Road division, seeking continuous power supply and ramping up the supply to higher megawatts as the industrial area is expanding.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
<p>Frequent power outages and poor quality of power supply are hurting the small-scale industries in Machohalli, a private industrial area near Magadi Road, Southwest Bengaluru. </p>.<p>Industries in the MSME category located in the area, such as plastic, powder coating, garments and chemicals, are electricity-dependent. Industrialists here say that they face two to four hours of power outage a day, resulting in Rs-8,000 losses a day. </p>.<p>The Machohalli Small Scale Industrial Association’s secretary Suresh N Sagar said the 1,500 industries here pay Rs 500 crore in taxes every year, despite which the area lacks even the most basic of infrastructure. </p>.<p>“We pay Bescom Rs 8 crore every year. Then why can’t we have uninterrupted power supply?” Suresh asked. The industries are incurring a 25 per cent loss in their turnovers currently and say their tax payments will increase by 25 per cent with the improvement in facilities. </p>.<p>Narasimha Murthy, who owns Fluid Air Systems Private Limited, said that the lack of intimation before power outages severely interfered with the production activities. </p>.<p>The 1,500 industries in Machohalli employ over 15,000 people, yet the place lacks proper roads, water facilities or streetlights. </p>.<p>“Despite (Karnataka) being a power-surplus state, industries aren't getting uninterrupted power supply mainly due to lack of infrastructure,” said Srinath Bhandari, another industrialist in the area. </p>.<p>Members of the association said that a writ petition filed by some farmers in the High Court of Karnataka was preventing a separate electrical tower being erected in Magadi Road for them. </p>.<p>The Machohalli Small Scale Industrial Association recently submitted a memorandum to the Bescom executive engineer, Tavarekere, Magadi Road division, seeking continuous power supply and ramping up the supply to higher megawatts as the industrial area is expanding.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
