Amravati electricity sub-division office receives staff after nearly four years
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Panchkula: After a long wait of three and a half years, the Amravati sub-division office of the electricity department in Panchkula has finally been staffed with an assistant engineer and other personnel. This development comes nearly two months after TOI raised the issue, leading to the approval of files regarding staff hiring and the appointment of the AE.
Assistant engineer Vikrant Chaudhary
has been posted here. "Along with this post, which heads this sub-division, all staff will automatically get posted here," said an official.
A total of 78 posts were sanctioned in the Amravati sub-division office, including one AE (electric), one junior system engineer, one JE, four JE electric, six AFM, 20 Line Men, 34 ALM, one assistant FO, and four UDC (FO). However, even after three and a half years, the office was not operational.
Residents faced difficulties as only a clerical staff member or a peon was available. In the absence of an AE, who acts as the SDO, and a JE, they had to travel several kilometres to the Panchkula office for electricity-related work.
The appointment of staff in this sub-division is a significant relief for residents of Amravati Colony, DLF Colony, Trident Colony, Surajpur, Rajipur, and Rampur Siuri, including various villages in Pinjore Raitan area.
"Residents have welcomed the appointment of the SDO here after nearly four years. The appointment should have been done when the office was set up. We now demand that a power substation be opened here as soon as possible since summer is here," said Vijay Bansal, state president of Shivalik Vikas Manch.
Under the
Electricity Distribution Corporation Conservation Restructuring scheme
, approval was given to open several sub-division offices of the electricity department in Haryana in 2021. Under this scheme, the electricity sub-division office was approved in Amravati Enclave, Panchkula, but the sub-divisional officer and other officers and employees were not appointed.
To solve the electricity problems in Pinjore Raitan area, a 66 kV power substation was also approved, but even after three and a half years, work on the power substation has not started. During summer, people face power shortage issues in this area.
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