The substations of the Lucknow Electricity Supply Administration (LESA) are facing an acute shortage of technical staff. According to insiders, 90% of substations are understaffed, most being operated and maintained by contractual staff.
Despite the claim of 24-hour electricity supply, Lucknowites face a number of power outages during summer. It’s because of local faults, poor upkeep of the power infrastructure. Due to a shortage of staff at the substation level, most substations are poorly maintained.
If officials are to be believed, the recruitment of fourth grade workers, linemen, helpers and mechanics, etc, has not been done in LESA for the last 30 years.
