EPDCL wins national award for electrifying remote tribal areas

Visakhapatnam

AP Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL) has received the Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for extending energy proviso to tribal habitations nether its purview.

Public relations serviceman G.S.S.S Vasu received the grant connected behalf of the institution astatine the 47^th All India Public Relations league organised by the Public Relations Society of India successful Dehradun, Uttarakhand. On Thursday Mr. Vasu handed implicit the grant to APEPDCL CMD I. Prudhvitej.

Mr. Prudhvitej congratulated and lauded the efforts of unit and stakeholders successful delivering energy to the distant communities.

Mr. Vasu said that nether the Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan programme, which aims to supply basal amenities to PVTG tribal habitations lacking electricity, the EPDCL transported indispensable electrical poles, transformers, and different instrumentality to distant tribal areas lacking energy networks, roads, and transport facilities. Free energy connections were provided to astir 23,000 tribal families.