Power Corp MD gets 3-month extension

Dehradun, July 24

The state government has given an extension of three months to Power Corporation Managing Director S S Yadav, who is embroiled in a sting controversy.

Yadav was on a six-month extension after completing his tenure at the start of the year and his new extension came a day before his term was to end on July 24.

According to sources, the order was passed after getting the approval of Chief Minister Harish Rawat yesterday.

Already facing corruption charges, Yadav hit the headlines when a sting CD purportedly showed the official allegedly taking money from someone in public domain.

Meanwhile, another officer S N Verma, currently the Managing Director of Hydroelectric Power Corporation and an accused in a hydroelectricity project scam in Jharkhand, has been given the additional responsibility of the Managing Director in the Power Transmission Corporation.

On the new appointments, state BJP chief Ajay Bhatt said there was no justification in providing extension to the scam accused and the party was going to oppose it.

BJP opposes extensionto UPCL chief

Vinay Goyal, BJP state spokesman in a press conference here today, cornered Chief Minister Harish Rawat for giving extension to UPCL Managing Director SS Yadav despite Yadav’s name was dragged in scandals.

He said land and mining mafias were minting money in the state. Goyal said the state government had done nothing to improve the infrastructure in the higher areas and disaster-hit villages of the state. He said Harish Rawat was misleading residents through fake advertisements.

“It is a matter of concern that the government is yet to take steps to generate employment opportunities and check migration of skilled population to neighbouring states,” Goyal said. He said callous approach of the state government could be easily gauged by the fact that under-construction flyovers had not been completed despite three years had passed since the projects were launched in the city.

He alleged that the government had flouted norms while constructing flyovers in the city. He lamented that basic amenities like potable water, road, health etc. were absent in the higher areas of the state. —PTI&TNS