The proposed handing over of the Operations & Maintenance (O&M) of Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station (SDSTPS) at Krishnapatnam in Nellore district continues to make employees apprehensive, as by making a statement to that effect in the just-concluded budget session of the Legislature, the government made clear its intention to proceed with privatization of the 1,600-MW plant.
Moreover, State Power Employees’ Joint Action Committee leaders were reportedly told in a recent high-level meeting with the Energy Minister Balineni Srinivasa Reddy and top officials of his department that the privatization of SDSTPS was a matter being dealt with at the Chief Minister’s level.
The employees are, therefore, apprehensive that the government will eventually entrust the O&M of SDSTPS to successful bidders in the wake of submission of multiple reasons (for privatization) in the Legislature by the Energy Minister Balineni Srinivasa Reddy.
