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Andhra Pradesh Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar has said that 287 eligible candidates person been appointed connected compassionate grounds successful 18 months, which reflects the government’s committedness to payment of employees.
“It is simply a important measurement to guarantee timely enactment and livelihood information to the families of employees who mislaid their lives portion discharging duties, helium said aft distributing letters for the assignment fixed connected compassionate grounds to eligible beneficiaries astatine the APEPDCL Training Centre successful Visakhapatnam connected Saturday.
The Minister, on with APEPDCL CMD Prudhvitej Immadi, reviewed works related to the powerfulness assemblage nether the jurisdiction of the APEPDCL.
Mr Ravi Kumar reiterated that the conjugation authorities is moving with a humane attack and stands firmly with the families of the deceased employees.
Reiterating the government’s nonsubjective of ensuring energy proviso to each household, helium said that the authorities is promoting star powerfulness solutions successful the distant areas, particularly tribal hamlets.
“Reducing the load of energy bills connected consumers is simply a precedence for the government. We person already achieved a tariff true-down of 13 paise,” helium said.
He asked the officials to guarantee nary hold successful providing powerfulness connections to cultivation pump sets.
Reviewing the advancement of Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS) projects being implemented nether the APEPDCL’s jurisdiction, helium instructed elder officials to fast-track the RDSS works. He stressed strict monitoring to guarantee prime and adherence to timelines.
The officials informed him that 60 powerfulness substations are expected to beryllium commissioned by March 2026.
The Minister asked the officials to intensify consciousness campaigns connected the PM Surya Ghar scheme.
Addressing information concerns, Mr. Ravi Kumar instructed the officials to instrumentality stringent measures to forestall accidents caused by quality mistake successful the Power Department. In this context, the APEPDCL officials informed him astir a recently developed app designed to minimise risks and forestall accidents arising from quality mistakes.
APEPDCL CMD I. Prudhvitej explained the functioning and benefits of the app to the Minister.
MLAs Palla Srinivasa Rao and P. Vishnu Kumar Raju, Director (Operations) APEPDCL T. V. Surya Prakash, Director (Finance) APEPDCL S. Hari Babu, CEs, SEs of APEPDCL and different officials participated successful this programme.
