Hyderabad, May 4 -- Telangana's Rythu Power Distribution Company Ltd (Rythu Discom) has received 532 applications from employees across various power utilities, prompting an extension of the application deadline to May 8 from the earlier April 30 cutoff.

So far, the discom has received 272 applications from the Northern Power Distribution Corporation Limited (NPDCL), 210 from the Southern Power Distribution Corporation Limited (SPDCL), 35 from the Telangana State Power Generation Corporation Limited (TSGENCO), and seven from the Transmission Corporation of Telangana Limited (TSTRANSCO).

On April 24, the company's Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Musharraf Faruqui said all measures are being taken to ensure that the Telangana Rythu P...