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Heavy rains caused severe power supply disruptions in Khammam, even as authorities have cancelled all leaves of the personnel in Telangana

Clearance applications, including NOC (No Objection Certificates) from property owners and verified electrical connections by Telangana Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TGSPDCL), had to be submitted through the official police website by September 6, the police said

TGSPDCL CMD Musharraf Ali Faruqui warned that if the cable operators failed to do so, his men would start removing cables from the electric poles.

Representatives of Ganesh Utsav Samithi and Khairatabad Ganesh Samithi raised issues concerning the festival, including potholes, the need for adequate illumination at specific locations, the availability of vehicles for mandapam organizers, and arrangements for food and water during the immersion night etc.

T Ram Mohan, DE (Technical), working at Superintendent Engineer (Operations) Saroornagar, Ranga Reddy district had demanded the amount from a person ‘to process his application and forward the file pertaining to shifting of a transformer

According to a statement issued, as many as 101 employees were promoted in the engineering wing; 47 in accounts; 2099 in Operation & Maintenance; 16 officers in P&G services.

On July 1, the TGSPDCL and TGNPDCL stopped accepting electricity bill payments through payment gateways and banks, including UPI apps.

Musharraf said due to the steps taken by the SPDCL the number of complaints had come down in its jurisdiction.

Keeping the security aspect in mind, we have decided not to issue QR codes along with the power bills, say officials

Due to the hanging of cables, cable bundles and telecom equipment of different shapes on the power poles was causing damage to it, said TGSPDCL Chairman and Managing Director Musharraf Ali Farooque

The survey, which began on June 24, covered 3,380 feeders in 44 towns and cities in combined districts of Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medak, Mahabubnagar and Nalgonda.

Reviewing the stock position of major materials, the Secretary directed the officials to maintain sufficient rolling stock of equipment such as distribution transformers, energy meters, poles, conductors and others.

Interestingly, even while admitting that there were power supply disruptions in the village, the official said Gollakunta Thanda had about 40 households that were directly tapping electricity from electrical lines passing over.

According to SPDCL officials, the survey has been going on since June 24 and so far 3380 11 feeders situated in 44 towns and cities in the erstwhile districts of Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medak, Mahabubnagar and Nalgonda have been completed.

The employees association stated that the idea of handing over electricity supply to private companies was not in the interest of power utilities, consumers and employees.

According to the officials, a TGSPDCL team went to conduct inspection for power theft at the Guntal Baba Darga area in Vattepally following instances of meter tampering and power theft.

TGSPDCL planning to print QR code on electricity bills to make payments; sources say bills with QR code will be available from next month

The LB Nagar police issued a notice under 41 Cr.P.C to journalist, Revathi Pogadadanda, asking her to appear for questioning within three days in regard to a case booked against her.

The Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited procures 35 State-of-the-art thermovision cameras to identify loose contacts and other hidden faults in live electrical equipment and power lines caused due to weather and high load conditions.

Official sources confirmed that high level meetings were held in this regard by the government and that the Cabinet too was is in favour of handing over power supply and bill collections to the Adani Group.