MeECL engineers demand thorough investigation into poor functioning of power stations

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaJuly 15, 2022

The Association of Power Engineers, Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL) on Friday demanded the state government to institute a thorough investigation into the failures of the power stations.

 The decision was taken after the general body meeting of the association. 

Speaking to reporters, president of the association Arju Dkhar said, “We demand that a thorough inquiry be constituted as to why for years our power stations cannot function to its maximum.”

He said why are there new power stations that are failing, why the generating sets of the power stations which are newly installed are nonfunctional when you spend crores and crores of rupees for such installation of machines?

Dkhar also warned that if any members or top officials of MeECL are found to be indulging in accumulating wealth at the cost of the organization, they will demand strict action against them.

He said as members of this association, each one of us can sustain our families as long as this organization lives and sustains but the moment this organization collapses, our families also will be dragged to the streets.

Dkhar further said the association also demands that unnecessary loans should not be taken.

“You have seen that crores and crores of loans have been taken in the name of strengthening of distribution, generation and transmission. Yes, we do need to improve but not loans which are not required, unnecessary loans,” he said.

He also asserted the need to have a full-fledged Information Technology (IT) Wing which can function independently.

Meanwhile, the association also threatened to file an FIR against shortage of manpower in the MeECL.  

Dkhar said employees of the MeECL are working under constrained conditions with limited manpower. The management has violated all the norms of the factories act of the workers act, they have violated the UN chapter on the working hours of an employee – this is very serious as this is one of the reasons why accidents happened and it is very unfortunate.