Chandigarh: call it the effect of privatization delays, or the pull of the war discusses it, the UT government electricity department has refrained from buying goods for routine maintenance to overcome complaints for almost a year.
Cables, vehicles and other basic electrical equipment needed to make lost improvements, the absence of hurting residents who survive the duration of heat cuts in the heat.
Here is an example of doubt.
The department has planned to buy 72 transformers.
The amount is reduced to 35 earlier this year.
So far, even one transformer has been purchased.
It’s not all.
“If we need to take the cable, wire or even a small screw and another device for repair work, nothing is available in the store.
The procurement financial process remains slow before, but the situation has changed from bad to worse now.
Basic things that are needed for maintenance is not available, “said the source.
Another area that is a concern is labor.
The source confirmed that the main employees working in the field such as Lineman some and people were not employed against the empty post.
“This creates a big problem, especially in improving complaints with people’s power cuts in this hot and moist weather,” said the source.
Resources in the Electricity Department said estimating financial that division and sub-division levels were ready to buy the necessary items overlooked at a higher level.
Senior officers have sent back all such financial estimates or keep them away in the assumption that the department will soon be privatized.
Gopal Dutt Joshi, Secretary General, UT Powermen, said, “There are 1,780 sanctions in the department, but only 900 employees work.
In addition, from this, around 250 to 300 employees have been outsourced.
Updates if their contract is still Big problems.
There is a scarcity of vehicles and material in the department, but nothing is disrupted.
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