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DTV Dhinakaran Questions Privatization of Electricity Meter Reading in Tamil Nadu
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News18•26-09-2026, 13:35
DTV Dhinakaran Questions Privatization of Electricity Meter Reading in Tamil Nadu
- •The Electricity Board's order to engage private contract companies for electricity consumption measurement has caused outrage among employees.
- •A protest demanding the filling of thousands of vacant positions in the Electricity Board was held during CM Joseph Vijay's inspection.
- •The Electricity Board citing staff shortage to privatize meter reading is an admission of its own incompetence amidst power cuts and billing issues.
- •Dhinakaran questions DMK's intent to privatize everything from sanitation to transport and airport services, despite promises to regularize contract workers.
- •Dhinakaran urges the Electricity Board and DMK government to abandon privatization of meter reading and fill vacant positions permanently.
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DTV Dhinakaran condemned the Electricity Board's order to engage private contract companies for measuring electricity consumption in homes, arguing that outsourcing this task reveals the board's incompetence amid staff shortages.
The statement highlights that the Electricity Board struggles with electricity shortages, frequent unannounced power cuts, and irregularities in calculating and collecting electricity bills.
He urged the Electricity Board and the government to immediately abandon the decision to privatize meter reading and to take necessary steps to permanently fill the vacant positions.
