PSPCL management in dilemma; to accept or reject engineers SIM cards
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
On his weekly visit, Punjab state power corporation limited (PSPCL) CMD A Venu Prasad today reached PSPCL head office at Patiala and held a meeting with directors, PSEB Engineers Association to sort out the ongoing agitation by engineers association.
Today PSEB Engineers Association wrote a letter to PSPCL CMD and requested him to collect the SIM cards from them. PSEBEA has collected the SIM cards from AE to Engineer-in-chief , as per their agitation plan and requested the CMD to depute any officer/ officials and intimate the same so that Association can handover the SIM to the concerned officer/ official.
As per the spokesperson of the association, “PSEBEA has always kept the issues of the power sector above its own demands, but management has been continuously delaying decisions on the already agreed genuine demands of engineers. Association has suspended its agitational programme on 8.7.21 in view of assurance given by committee constituted by CM, Punjab to resolve the issue of initial start in a positive manner. The Association suspended agitation to avoid any discomfort to the public in view of the unprecedented power situation. However, engineers feel cheated as management now has taken a U-turn on all the agreed issues involving engineers. Even after more than one month, MOM of the committee has not been issued. Further, the already decided issue of creation of WFC has been distorted by inclusion of officers not related to PSPCL and excluding employee’s representation clearly deviating from established practice. PSPCL even deviated from Punjab Govt circular, by putting its employees in a disadvantageous position by allowing 14% contribution from prospectively date meaning that PSPCL employees will not be given this from the date of being granted to Punjab Govt. employees. Management by deliberately delaying/distorting agreed decisions has disturbed the industrial peace and has forced the engineers over a path of agitation.”
He said, as per announced agitation program conveyed to the PSPCL CMD on August 5, 2021, “engineers have removed official SIM cards from their mobiles on August 10,2021 and today we requested the CMD to depute any officer/ officials and intimate the same so that Association can handover the SIM to the concerned officer/ official.”
He further added that “we requested the management and again cautioned them that these genuine issues of engineers be resolved in a time bound manner otherwise the Association will be compelled to intensify the agitation further for which only management will be responsible.”
PSPCL management in dilemma; to accept or reject engineers SIM cards. When contacted the Director Administration RP Pandove, the person who attended the phone said, “sir is in meeting with CMD sir. Will call you later.”
August 11,2021
