105 college staff sans salary for over 2 years

Sangrur, December 11

Around 105 employees of Baba Hira Singh Bhathal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lehragaga, have not received their salary for past two-and-a-half years.

Employees said the institute is an autonomous college (self-financing) and includes teaching and non-teaching staff. The number of students has gone down and two years back, 138 students were also shifted to other colleges. They said the state government should give a special grant to the college for its revival. They said they had last got their salary for May 2019.

“Due to financial crunch, I had to borrow Rs 5 lakh from my relatives and friends. There is still no clarity on when we will be paid our salaries,” said an employee, on the condition of anonymity. Institute Director-cum-Principal Satish Kansal said they had been trying their best for the release of grant to the institute.

“All employees have been without salaries for the last 30 months. We have been taking up the matter with higher authorities for special financial aid to the college,” said Kansal. Department of Technical Education and Industrial Training Joint Director (administration) Avneet Kaur could not be contacted. — TNS