K.JAYAKUMAR BECOME THE NEW CHIEF SECRETARY OF KERALA

The state government has decided to appoint Additional Chief Secretary K. Jayakumar as the new Chief Secretary of the State.
The post would be left vacant following retirement of present Chief Secretary Dr. P. Prabhakaran on March 31. This was informed by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy during the cabinet briefing session here on Wednesday.
The State government has also approved the request from the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) for imposing power cut on industries and load-shedding on other power consumers in the State. It has been decided to impose night load shedding from 6 pm to 10 pm.
The final decision regarding this would be taken by the KSEB.