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Power official suspended for speech on Facebook

The suspension order charged the divisional engineer of going live on Facebook on February 4 without taking permission from the management.

Hyderabad: The Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDCL) has suspended D. Koteswar Rao, assistant divisional engineer, for alleged gross negligence and dereliction of duty.

The suspension order charged the divisional engineer of going live on Facebook on February 4 without taking permission from the management. Koteswar Rao went on to make a lengthy speech in which he made allegations against certain engineers of TSSPDCL for awarding 4,769 contract works to contractor Pratte Electricals for execution fencing works near electrical transformers at enhanced rates.

The order stated that the act of the official amounted to breach of rules and regulations, bringing disrepute to the management and tarnishing the image of TSSPDCL.

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