Powercom unions stage protest over death of staff on duty

Tarn Taran, July 11

The employees of Powercom and Transco under the banner of PSEB Employees Joint Forum and Bijli Mulazam Ekta Manch, Punjab, organised a protest in front of the circle office of Powercom on Thursday. In a resolution passed on the occasion, the protesting employees expressed their anguish over the death of their colleagues while on duty.

Gurpreet Singh Gandiwind and Gurbhej Singh Dhillon, state leaders of the two organisations, said that as many as 20 employees under the age of 30 have died while on duty since the beginning of the summer season.

The leaders said that the number of field staff was not sufficient. Also, the department had not given modern safety equipment to the employees for their safety.

The leaders demanded that the employees who died on duty should be declared as ‘Shaheed’ and a compensation of Rs one crore be given to their families.

The leaders also highlighted the other demands of the employees on the occasion.