Power Supply: Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) President Dr. Ashish Goyal on Monday has reprimanded the officials for the timely payment of contract workers, quality of consumer services and the status of power supply. In this meeting, the Speaker took information from discom officers about the payment of contract workers and gave clear instructions that billing agencies should give timely salary to their personnel.
Displeasure over power supply system
He said that until the contract workers will not get salary, the salary of regular employees will not be issued. Dr. Ashish Goyal said that contract workers, meter readers and linemen work hard in low salary, they need to get salary on time. He has entrusted the responsibility of regular monitoring to Director Personnel. The Chairman reprimanded the Chief Engineers of Rae Bareli and Bareilly over power supply and negligence in consumer services.
Instructions given strictly on defaulters
The SDO of Saharanpur and Executive Engineer of Bareilly have been instructed to report immediate Shakti Bhawan. The Chief Engineers of Rae Bareli and Bareilly were warned, while the adversar entry was asked against the Chief Engineer of Saharanpur. The Chief Engineer of Kanpur has also expressed displeasure over negligence in consumer services. The feeders on which electricity theft is high. While the outstanding recovery is zero, strict action should be taken there. All engineers visit their areas and review the situation.
Instructions to pay the right bill on time
He said that action should be taken against weak SDOs and under engineers in revenue collection. Instructions were also given to pay special attention to agriculture and rural feeders in the meeting. Consumers should get the right electricity bill on time and if there is any kind of complaint, immediately resolve. He asked the officials to take awareness to maintain the power supply in the midst of intense heat and give complete information about the disruption of supply to consumers.
