LUCKNOW, March 29 -- The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) has decided to recover repair costs of damaged distribution transformers from engineers concerned, fixing accountability at multiple levels in a bid to curb recurring failures and improve maintenance discipline.

Under the new framework, liability for recovery will be determined based on the capacity of transformers and the level of responsibility of field officers. For transformers between 10 kVA and 63 kVA, junior engineers will bear 50% of the cost, sub-divisional officers 30% and executive engineers 20%. In the 100 kVA to 250 kVA category, junior engineers and sub-divisional officers will share 40% each, while executive engineers will be responsible for 20%.

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