Ro-Ro ferries men to fix power supply in S’rashtra

Surat: Around 400 staffers of Dakshin Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (DGVCL) reached Bhavnagar through Ro-Ro ferry on Friday afternoon to help restore power infrastructure in areas of Saurashtra battered by cyclone Tauktae.
As many as 30 teams of junior engineer, line staff and contractual employees of DGVCL set sail from Hazira on Friday morning to help their counterparts of Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (PGVCL). Several towns and villages in the region have been struggling without electricity since the night of May 18.
Officials said that the teams have carried necessary equipment, vehicles and pole erection machinery. Ro-Ro ferry services were chosen so that the staff could be pressed into restoration work quickly.
“Besides those who went through Ro-Ro ferry, 300 other are on their way to Saurashtra by road. Some will reach on Friday and others will reach by Saturday morning,” said Yogesh Choudhary, managing director of DGVCL.
The state government has also decided to increase remuneration of contractors by 50% of the prevailing rate to restore power on a war-footing. Daily allowance of staffers involved in work will also be doubled, the government announced.