622 Assistant Linemen got appointment letters from Power Minister
KS Diwan-royalpatiala.in-Bathinda
Gurpreet Singh Kangar, the Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy Sources, Punjab Government distributed appointment letters to 622 Assistant Linemen in a function here today whose appointments have been pending since long. While speaking on this occasion, Kangar reiterated the Ghar Ghar Naukri (Job to Every Household) initiative of Punjab government under Chief Minister of Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh that promsies employment opportunity for every household in state.
Kangar added that Punjab Power State Corporation Limited already has newly appointed 2800 Assistant Linemen, 300 Junior Engineers, 248 Sub-station Assistants. Besides these 698 dependents of those employees of PSPCL, who had died in service, have been inducted into PSPCL on compassionate grounds. Kangar added that in near future, fresh recruitment of 338 lower division clerks would be made in PSPCL.
He said that the Chief Managing Director Er. Baldev Singh Sran, CMD and the Directors of PSPCL, all of its engineers, higher officers of finance and employees deserve kudos. Kangar informed that an awareness campaign on payment of electricity bills by digital means has been launched, which would produce even better results in the coming days.
He added that recently, the Corporation has implemented some new consumer-friendly facilities and schemes, which include Voluntary Disclosure Scheme, One-time Settlement and easing of documentation for change of ownership of tubewell connections of rural areas, wherever necessary. For this purpose, PSPCL has organized 369 camps at various offices under its Distribution wing. Apart from this, for our consumers, “Save water Save Money” scheme has been launched, the chief motive of which is to save precious water of Punjab
