VIJAYAWADA: The energy department has decided to pay full salary to its employees who are involved in operations and maintenance of power lines. Energy secretary Nagulapalli Srikant has written a letter to the Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (APTRANSCO) in this regard on Wednesday.
Citing representations from AP Power Employees Joint Action Committee, the secretary said that the government accorded permission to power utilities to pay 100 per cent salary to employees working in operations and maintenance services, pensioners, and police and security personnel working in power utilities.
