
Vaccination drive in power utilities
The Hindu
Four major power/coal utilities in the State took up vaccination of its employees on priority basis on Sunday and Monday, treating them as frontline warriors. Singareni Collieries Company Ltd and Nort
Four major power/coal utilities in the State took up vaccination of its employees on priority basis on Sunday and Monday, treating them as frontline warriors. Singareni Collieries Company Ltd and Northern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Ltd conducted the drive on Sunday, while Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Ltd and NTPC Ramagundam followed on Monday. The drive in Southern Discom was launched at its corporate office by CMD G. Raghuma Reddy in the presence of CMD of TS-Genco and TS-Transco D. Prabhakar Rao. The latter said that the special vaccination drive would cover over 50,000 employees working for the four power utilities of Telangana.
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