Reiterating his commitment to improve energy availability in the State, Chief Minister Raghubar Das has said that the Government was working to provide electricity to every household by end of 2018.
On the occasion of appointment letter distribution to 589 newly selected employees in the Energy Department on Wednesday, he said that selection of 169 Scheduled Tribes, 65 Scheduled Castes and 142 Other Backward Classes (OBCs) candidates out of total 589 appointments for five different departments is a testimony of government being serious about upliftment of weaker sections of local society.“After coming to power, we have focused on improving energy department. We have constituted separate corporations for generation, transmission and distribution segments of electricity. Energy sector is undergoing transformational changes as far as basic infrastructural related changes are concerned. All these steps will start showing results soon,” said Das.
Out of 589 getting appointment letters on Wednesday, 87 have been inducted as Assistant Engineer, 22 as Accounts Officer, 130 Junior Engineer, 200 Junior Accounts Clerk and 150 Office Assistant in different verticals of Electricity Department. lineman and Switchboard Operators will be given appointment letters next month.
Das said that the government was committed to supply uninterrupted electricity supply to households. “It is being achieved in a phased manner in a timeframe. In order to sort out lack of manual force, 589 employees have been appointed. More people will be given appointment letters next month,” said Das where Energy Department Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni, Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner Amit Khare, Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam limited (JBVNl) Managing Director (MD) Rahul Purwar, JUSNl MD Niranjan Kumar and other officials were also present.
Das also criticized previous governments, saying that their petty political interests kept them stalling defining domicile policy for long which resulted in no benefits for locals in jobs in the State. “But our government defined the domicile policy and as a result, we have seen locals taking benefit from this policy. This is visible in over 350 ST/SC and OBC youth of the State other than 19 differently abled out of 589 appointed getting inducted in Energy Department,” said Das.
The CM also asked newly appointed youths to work passionately, because only hard work counted at last. He asked them to take electricity to the poor, under-privileged and Adivasis of the State. He also warned them to stay away from any kind of corruption.