2,250 more staff to be recruited to ensure steady power supply
The govt order issued by the energy department said the state govt has accorded permission to recruit 2,250 staff at the earliest.
The assistant engineers will be recruited in two phases, with 200 engineers for each phase. While assistant engineers will be entrusted to take care of a section office, field assistants will aid the wiremen and foremen in attending to faults to ensure a quality power supply.
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This is the second recruitment drive to be carried out for TNPDCL after years due to financial constraints.
In 2024, 258 assistant engineers in the electrical, mechanical, and civil cadres were recruited, and appointments were issued to most of them.
The last time field assistants were directly recruited was 17 years ago in 2008-09, when 24,600 personnel were recruited.
In 2022, when TNPDCL sought to fill 10,226 vacancies, permission was denied. The proposal was then revised for 400 assistant engineers and 8,000 field assistants.
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While sanction was accorded for 300 assistant engineers, TNPDCL, in its latest communication to the finance department, sought 400 more assistant engineers and 1,850 field assistants.
TNPDCL sources said the discom needs at least 1,500 more assistant engineers and 24,000 field assistants. Vacancies at various levels of seniority are around 40,000.
TNEB employees federation state treasurer Palani said that there should be a wireman and a helper each for every 2,600 connections.
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