Mysore/Mysuru: Apart from footing the electricity bill and maintaining streetlights along the six-lane 42-km Outer Ring Road (ORR), Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has a new headache — stolen electricity poles. Yes. Miscreants are stealing the metal poles and are carrying them away in vehicles, hoodwinking both MUDA officials and Police, who often come on the ORR, patrolling.
While some of the electricity poles have fallen off due to wind, others are deliberately cut and taken away after a strong wind bends the pole. Some of the poles fall off after a speeding vehicle collides against them like it has happened to the poles near University of Mysore Employees Association Layout. There are two poles that have crashed onto the ground after speeding vehicles collided against them.
