After a long battle with the Ganjam district administration and facing public discontent over ineffective handling of power restoration and supply work during the post-Phailin period, finally Managing Director of Southco Prasant Choudhury was replaced by BB Sharma on Friday.
Talking to the media, Sharma said the Southco would work with team spirit. The Southco did a great job during the post-Phailin period in Brahmapur, he said.
He would try to do best work for the consumers including providing quality and uninterrupted power supply. He sought cooperation from all quarters in performing his job.
Soon after joining of the new MD, a delegation of the Anna Brigade led by its State secretary Srikant Padhi submitted a memorandum to Southco General Manager (Power Supply) Kunjaban Padhi demanding fulfilment of its 10-point charter for an overall development of the power supply system.
The demands included reduction of 30 per cent in the monthly energy bills of domestic consumers of Brahmapur city and ensuring of uninterrupted power supply.
Among others, BJP youth leader Prabhat Sadangi, Sitaram Patra, Raghunath Gouda, Dinabandhu Maharana, Jagannath Tripathy and Trinath Mahapatra joined the delegation.
The General Manager assured the delegation to consider the demands sympathetically.