200 relocated Andhra staff forced to find accommodation amid Covid

By Sharon Thambala Amaravati, Dec 2 : At a time when the world is reeling under the scourge of Coronavirus pandemic, nearly 200 employees of Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation (APGENCO) and Transmission Corporation of AP (AP TRANSCO), who relocated from Hyderabad have allegedly been told to find their own accommodation or pay up.
These employees relocated to Vijayawada on the insistence of the state government in 2017 from Hyderabad after almost three years post united AP bifurcation.
They were provided with free accommodation from July 2017 to July 2020, which now stands cancelled unless they pay for it.
“Seven of us stayed in a triple bedroom accommodation provided by the government. They took care of us well but the government now has told us to find our own accommodation,” an employee told IANS.
Incidentally, free accommodation ended for the employees four months ago in July itself, requiring interested employees to pay rent to stay on.
“For four months I paid Rs 5,500 and continued to stay from August to November end, only recently I found my own accommodation,” said the employee.