I stay in a layout in Bangalore which has multiple apartments. A new Builder, in pursuit of getting Electricity connection from BESCOM to his new building , got a contractor approved by BESCOM to get the laying of cables done. To lay the cables, the contractors team digged the approach road of layout and in the process cut off the power cable leading to another apartment. BESCOM contractors fixed the issue by repairing the damage caused to the other apartment cable. The repair was not done properly resulting in very high voltage in all the flats of the other apartment. This resulted in damage to few electrical equipments in some flats and severe damage resulting in damage of all the equipments in few flats.
While the work was carried out in layout, the Engineer from contractor was not in site, no sign boards /barricade were kept, no prior notifcation was given to layout association management committe and literrally no safety measures were taken at all. Both builder and BESCOM are washing their hands trying to escape. When the residents approached police station to file FIR, they were denied. Rather they got suggestion to file FAR( Fire accident Report). Want to understand if this issue falls under cognizable offence? if so, should not Police file FIR? Please advise. quite urgent! Thanks.
