Lucknow, May 24 -- Acting on energy minister AK Sharma's directions, the power department has initiated strict action against officials found negligent in discharging their duties, stressing that any laxity affecting public convenience and power supply during the ongoing heatwave will not be tolerated.

Sharma said the state government was committed to ensuring uninterrupted and quality power supply to consumers and that accountability of officials would be fixed at all levels.

As part of the action, executive engineer Yogesh Kumar, posted in Meerut, has been suspended with immediate effect for negligence in departmental work. Similarly, executive engineer Rahul, posted in Ghaziabad, has also been suspended with immediate effect after be...