APEPDCL gets new CMD S Nagalakshmi

Visakhapatnam: The 2012 batch IAS officer S Nagalakshmi assumed charge as the new Chairman and Managing Director of APEPDCL at its corporate office in Seethammadhara on Thursday, replacing the incumbent CMD K Rajabapaiah.

After taking over the charge, the new CMD expressed her gratitude to Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy for giving her an opportunity to serve the APEPDCL as CMD. Nagalakshmi assured that reliable and uninterrupted power supply with quality will be provided to consumers in urban and rural areas.

Addressing media, she said that giving uninterrupted nine hours free power supply to agriculture farmers through 80 per cent of feeders, tops her priority list. She said such power supply will also be given in the remaining feeders in Godavari districts by March 2020 after completion of related works. The new CMD said the underground cable network would be completed without any further delay. She said that people can dial tollfree number 1912 to register complaints pertaining to power.

The outgoing CMD K Rajabapaiah, employees of APEPDCL greeted the new CMD. Nagalakshmi had earlier served as Sub Collector in Vijayawada, Municipal Commissioner in Guntur and Joint Collector in Prakasam.