What happened in Moradabad, UP, was even guessed by someone. The case was about a lapse in front of the minister in a government program. Five officers had to be suspended in the sentence of this lapse.
In fact, at the Civil Lines intersection of Moradabad, there was also a program to inaugurate the statue and fountain of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj by the Municipal Corporation. Apart from this, UP’s Electricity Minister AK Sharma had to share the schemes of direct communication with the public and energy reforms. During this program, electricity supply came to a standstill. Lightning was lost for ten minutes. After this there was a stir.
After the program, clarification was summoned from senior officials of the electricity department. As soon as the program was over, Isha Duhan, Managing Director of PVVNL (Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited), took strict cognizance of the entire incident and suspended five officers one after the other.
Suspended officers include:
, Chief Engineer Arvind Singhal
, Superintending engineer Sunil Aggarwal
, XEN Prince Gautam
, SDO Rana Pratap
, JE Lalit Kumar
Accountability for the obstruction of power supply was fixed during the program on all these. PVVNL MD Isha Duhan issued a statement saying that there are clear instructions to ensure power supply for every public program. In such events, a constituency plan and alternative system are mandatory. Despite this, what happened in Moradabad is a sign of gross negligence. He also clarified that the government takes the obstruction in any government or VIP program very seriously, and departmental officials have been warned to ensure that such incidents should not be repeated in future.
Energy Minister came to communicate with the public
A direct dialogue program of Energy Minister AK Sharma was also held to make the power improvement plans to the public. He came to share plans in the state on power reforms, transformer capacity, reduced line losss and quick disposal of complaints of consumers. Then there was electricity in his program itself.
High level inquiry and strict guidelines
After the incident, the department has ordered a high -level inquiry into the case. The Chief Engineer of the concerned zone has been attached to another place and the rest of the officers have been relieved with immediate effect. Also, all discoms have been instructed to review the alternative system of power supply during any government program in the coming time. If sources are to be believed, after this incident in the entire state, officials of other zones have also come into alert mode and review meeting of preparations for VIP programs is being called.
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