Telangana: Frequent Power Cuts? Blame it On COVID-19 Apr 25, 2021, 13:05 IST
Nearly 700 Corona positive cases were reported among the staff at the power utilities across the state. Covid-19 has badly hit the employees working in TS Genco, TS Transco, the northern and southern distribution companies, as per official statistics.
Here s a list of cases.
From April1-22
306
However, employee unions claim that over 1,200 employees were infected in the Covid second wave. They say a majority of the employees who were infected included engineers and artisans involved in maintenance and power restoration works.
Nearly 28,000 regular employees, 22,00 artisans and another 5,000 contract/ outsourcing employees totalling nearly 55,000 staff are working in power utilities across the state.
GWMC Polls: Bandi Sanjay Trains Guns at KCR Apr 25, 2021, 14:27 IST
BJP State president Bandi Sanjay took part in a bike rally as part of his election campaigning for the Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) on Saturday.
On the occasion, he slammed Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao saying he had turned his farmhouse into a coaching centre for his MLAs and teaching them how to loot public property.
The MP said, KCR s farmhouse has a facility where MLAs are tutored on how to master the art of land grabbing. The MLAs from Warangal are topping the chart in looting the public, he added.