Centre seeks data on infections in power sector
The Union Power Ministry has requested the State to furnish data on COVID-19 infections and vaccination amongst power sector workers.
The data are to be submitted as weekly updates, in keeping with an April 20 letter despatched by the Ministry to all State governments, Power Department officers stated.
Consequently, the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB), which employs 33,000 individuals, has requested its subject workplaces to supply weekly updates on vaccination protection amongst workers above the age of 45 who’ve obtained the primary dose and those that have obtained each doses. The KSEB has additionally requested its Accounts Rendering Units (ARU) beneath the circle workplaces to supply weekly data on workers testing constructive and recoveries.
The KSEB has not reported alarming ranges of COVID-19 amongst its workers up to now, an official of the State-run power utility stated.
While the nation’s power sector is listed as a necessary service, the workers haven’t been handled as a precedence class for inoculation, officers stated. The KSEB, in truth, had written a letter to the State authorities in this regard, given the character of labor carried out by the KSEB employees and the necessity to present 24×7 power.
With the State grappling with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the State-run power utility had rolled out a set of tips final week for making certain uninterrupted power provide whereas conserving the workers secure.
The KSEB has additionally revived the decentralised system {of electrical} part ‘out-centres’/prolonged workplaces to chop down employees presence in the sector workplaces and guarantee immediate response to power outages as a part of the measures.