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Andhra Pradesh Government Prioritizes Compassionate Appointments for Power Sector Families
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News18•05-10-2026, 22:45
Andhra Pradesh Government Prioritizes Compassionate Appointments for Power Sector Families
- •Andhra Pradesh Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar stated that the TDP-led NDA government is committed to providing prompt compassionate appointments to families of electricity employees who die in the line of duty.
- •Appointment letters were handed over to 43 eligible candidates at the APEPDCL office, clearing cases that had been pending for nearly three years.
- •A total of 445 compassionate appointments have been made across various electricity distribution, transmission, and generation utilities to ensure financial security for affected families.
- •The government is actively addressing manpower shortages by redeploying around 7,000 personnel and planning further recruitments for assistant engineers and lineman vacancies.
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As many as 445 compassionate appointments have been completed across the three power distribution companies, transmission, and generation utilities to support families of employees who lost their lives in the line of duty.
The government has brought around 7,000 personnel into the electricity department by redeploying staff working as energy assistants in village secretariats, and plans to fill assistant engineer and lineman vacancies.
The Andhra Pradesh government initiated the recruitment process for 629 Assistant Executive Engineers across various power sector utilities to strengthen the state's power infrastructure.
