Unemployed linemen protest enters day 61, members climb atop towers
Patiala: Unemployed linemen protest entered day 61 with several members of the union climbing the High voltage tower in Bhedpura village of Samana constituency.
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Pavitar Singh, issuing a press note, said that by canceling the paper of 1690+310=2000 posts in PSPCL department by Apprentice Lineman Union Punjab, new recruitment should be done on the basis of apprentice merit as before and CR. A. 299/22 should remove the condition of written test for the appointment of assistant linemen to be recruited.
Punjab State Power Corporation has released two thousand posts for the recruitment of Assistant Lineman for which they are expected to take exam. The demand of these apprentices’ unemployed linemen is that they have done apprenticeship and be exempted from giving any sort of exam.
For a long time now, these unemployed people have been protesting in front of the head office of the Punjab State Power Corporation, demanding cancellation of the papers.
Unemployed linemen have been protesting in front of the PowerCom office for the past 60 days. The protesting unemployed have threatened that if their demands are not met by the Punjab government and the management of PowerCom, then they will commit suicide by electrocuting themselves.
According to the union, they have fulfilled all the conditions of Powercom and their apprenticeship has also been completed in the month of May.
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-PTC News with inputs from Gagandeep Ahuja
