As they say the tough gets going when the going gets tough, two employees, one temporary and one regular, of the Northern Discom (TSNPDCL) have exhibited exemplary courage in restoring power supply to several villages in the flood-affected combined Warangal district by daring the above chest-deep water and set an example.
According to the Discom officials, an unmanned worker – one who is engaged on temporary basis with nominal salary of about ₹9,000 a month to meet the work demand – Srikanth dared above chest-deep waters of Pakalavagu near Pogullapalli in Kothaguda section of Mahabubabad circle of TS-Transco to remove the jumper, power conductor connecting two lines, to disconnect a line to four transformers submerged in water.
They stated that several poles and transformers were submerged in the flood waters in Gangarama and Kothaguda mandals and there was a breakdown in supply to the 11KV feeder to Pogullapalli from Pegadapalli sub-station. However, it could not be resorted as another feeder connected to Pogullapalli had several submerged transformers connected.
