Bengaluru Stadium Power Disruption: BESCOM Shuts Supply To Chinnaswamy Stadium Over Fire Safety Violations

Chinnaswamy Stadium Power Disruption: The Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) has shut the power supply to the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, which is managed by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), over fire safety violations. At present, electricity to the stadium is being supplied through generators.

The Director General of the Department of Fire and Emergency Services wrote to the BESCOM Managing Director, following which the action was taken. There was a request to cut off the stadium's electricity supply for failing to implement recommended fire safety measures.

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Earlier, the Karnataka High Court had come down heavily on BESCOM for providing electricity to the stadium despite clear violations of fire safety protocols. 

A single-judge bench of Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav noted that BESCOM had supplied electricity even after knowing that all precautions were not followed by KSCA.

The bench issued notices to the BESCOM Managing Director, BESCOM Assistant Executive Engineer, and the Director General of Fire Safety and Emergency Services, after the arguments were over.

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The Director General of the Department of Fire Safety and Emergency Services had instructed the Managing Director of BESCOM on June 10, 2025, to disconnect the power supply provided to KSCA since July 7, 2011, for failure to implement the fire safety precautions suggested in the department's advisory letter dated May 11, 2023. Accordingly, BESCOM issued a notice of disconnection to KSCA on June 12.

(With Agency Inputs)