Family members of erstwhile electricity board employees stage protest; climb atop water tank

Ravneet
Tribune News Service
Patiala, April 15

Family members of erstwhile employees of the electricity board, who lost their lives on duty, staged a protest on Thursday near Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s residence in Patiala.

Their families climbed atop an overhead water tank near an Ayurvedic research centre, and demanded jobs from the PSPCL. Those who climbed atop the water tank included elderly women, and others were present with children.

The families said that they want a policy devised by the state government which would provide jobs to families who lost their members during duty.

They “threatened to intensify their protest” in case their demands were unfulfilled.

This protest took place when the city is already facing several protests.

Two teachers, associated with ETT and TET pass teachers’ association, have already been protesting atop another overhead water tank in the city.

Farmers, under the banner Zameen Kisan Sangharsh Committee, have been protesting at YPS Chowk for the last 21 days. This has left police personnel positioned at the spot.