Don’t opt for VRS, Discom CMD tells diploma engineers

‘No measures that are detrimental to the interests of the staff will be taken’

Chairman and Managing Director of Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL) K. Santosh Rao has said that 2,859 G.L.M.’s (Energy Assistants) were appointed during 2019 and in the second phase, 398 more were recruited recently. The CMD participated as a chief guest at a programme organised by the AP Power Diploma Engineers’ Association at Kakatiya Convention Centre here on Wednesday.

He said that uninterrupted quality power for nine hours a day was being supplied to the agriculture sector. He asked the staff not to believe in rumours that their salaries and allowances were being reduced. He appealed to the staff not to harbour any feelings of insecurity and opt for VRS. He assured them that neither the officials of power companies nor the government would take any measures that were detrimental to the interests of the staff.