EPDCL keen to extend services to aqua farmers

Akiveedu: Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL) Chairman and Managing Director HY Dora has said the EPDCL is taking steps to extend better services to the aqua farmers.

He visited the EPDCL offices in Akiveedu, Elurupadu, Undi and inspected the offices on Wednesday.

He expressed his anger over the pending 450 transformers to be erected to prawn ponds in Akiveedu, Kalla, Undi mandals. He wondered why the officials failed to erect transformers to the prawn ponds. Was it the inefficiency of ADEs or AEs, he questioned.

He also grilled the Akiveedu AE, Srinivas on preparing estimations to the cement blocks for installation of the transformers.

“The consumer himself is constructing those cement blocks for the transformers. Why you were paying bills for those cement blocks,” he asked the Assistant Engineer.

He directed them to install the power transformers to the farmers who already paid the required amount. He warned the officials that if anyone sent proposals for the cement blocks to transformers, stringent action would be initiated.

He directed the Civil Assistant Divisional Engineer to prepare a proposal for the construction of ADE office building in Akiveedu.

He directed the officials to take steps to send the power consumption bills in time to the aqua farmers in whose ponds the transformers were already installed.

He also directed them to stop supply to those who were defaulters in paying the power consumption charges.

APEPDCL Superintending Engineer D Satyanarayana, Bhimavaram DE VSR Murthy, Akiveedu ADE M Rajagopal Chowdary, Akiveedu AE P Srinivas Kalla AE D Srinivas, Undi AE KRK Varma accompanied the CMD.