Bhatti orders resumption of Singareni medical board

The Deputy Chief Minister explicitly warned that the medical board process must be thoroughly streamlined to ensure that benefits reach only genuine, eligible employees

Metro India News | Hyderabad 

In a major welfare boost for Singareni workers, Deputy Chief Minister and Energy Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Friday directed the management of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) to immediately resume the medical board services, which had been temporarily halted due to various reasons.

Keeping the welfare of Singareni workers and the future of their families in mind, the Deputy Chief Minister strictly mandated that the medical board selection process must be conducted with absolute transparency, impartiality, and zero controversy. Bhatti Vikramarka recalled that during a recent high-level review meeting on Singareni's development with ministers and legislators of the coal belt region, public representatives had brought the workers' anxieties regarding the suspended Medical Board to his notice.

He emphasised that the People's government has taken their feedback into positive consideration and is acting swiftly to protect workers' interests. The Deputy Chief Minister explicitly warned that the medical board process must be thoroughly streamlined to ensure that benefits reach only genuine, eligible employees, thereby securing compassionate appointments (dependent jobs) for their rightful heirs.

He ordered the management to institute a foolproof mechanism that completely eliminates middlemen, corruption, irregularities, and fraudulent practices. Requesting the workforce to have complete faith in the administration, the Deputy Chief Minister urged them to cooperate with the management to ensure smooth operations.

He announced that 335 legal heirs, who recently qualified for compassionate and dependent appointments, will receive their official appointment letters at a special program scheduled in Mancherial on June 13. He directed SCCL management to make all necessary arrangements for the event.

Addressing another long-standing grievance, Bhatti Vikramarka stated that the government is actively looking into the decades-old, unresolved issue of Maruperlu' (alias names). He revealed that the government is currently seeking expert legal counsel to find a permanent, lawful, and positive solution to this problem within existing regulations.