Hyderabad, September 23: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Thursday issued indirect instructions that the employees who are on strike must not be paid salaries.
After reviewing the strike situation the Chief Minister directed “prompt payment of salaries to the employees who are attending to their work.” Although he did not make any direct comment regarding the salaries of employees on strike, but these instructions clearly suggest that the striking employees might not get their September salaries on time.
The Chief Minister also directed the officials of the various departments concerned that all out efforts be made so that the common man is not put to any difficulty. He said efforts should be made to see that patients are attended to and other essential supplies are not affected.
Officials explained to the Chief Minister that power generation and supply position continues to be difficult in spite of best efforts. As much as 1500 mw of power was purchased from outside. While the demand on Wednesday was 258 million units, the AP Transco supplied 245 million units. While 48 MU of power was generated from hydel stations on Wednesday, on Thursday 45 MU was generated. All efforts are being made to get coal from outside for the Thermal power units.
Union Petroleum Ministry agreed to supply RNL gas to the State. Commissioner, GHMC said that the sanitation, garbage clearing and town planning workers agreed to work and there would be no problem in this regard. Meanwhile, 400 RTC buses were operated on Thursday.
Deputy Chief Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha, Ministers Raghuveera Reddy, Dharmana Prasada Rao and Danam Nagender, Chief Secretary S V Prasad and other senior officials attended the meeting.
——-Agencies