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Hats off to Electricity dept's Executive Engineer

Today a few government officials remain firm on the stands they take. One of them was the Executive Engineer Kashinath Shetye of the Electricity Dept. One needs guts to implement orders for the betterment of the society and government. The politicians allow interference  to such an extent the government suffers revenue losses. The internet service providers are plenty and looking at the cables that dangerously hang on the electricity poles or running across trees buildings in shabby manner  only speaks of the bad planning of the department  Hats off to Kashinath Shetye of the Electricity department. It the department cannot implement its own orders, why do we need the JERC to collect extra bill charges from the consumers while the commercial establishments are allowed to go scot free in the name of digital service in crooked ways to achieve total 100% digitalisation . Kashinath Shetye is  an activist Electrical Engineer and once he retires he will be back as a crusader for the common man unless the government thinks of giving him an extension to keep him away from all headaches that he will bring upon the department.



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Power dept's move to cut cables must be condemned

AF NAZARETH, Alto Porvorim
Published Feb 27, 2025, 8:05 PM IST
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This is with reference to the news report ' Power dept halts cable cuts , awaits High court verdict' (TGE, Feb, 27). The relentless drive undertaken by the Goa Electricity dept of cutting cables of Internet service providers and cable operators of televisions, hanging from electric poles in Panaji city , was a step in the wrong direction and needs to be condemned outright . As a result around 4 lakh users including banks, offices, business establishments and residences were…

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