Powercom engineers protest against the removal of Director (Generation) and suspension of CE

Powercom engineers protest against the removal of Director (Generation) and suspension of CE

Bahadurjeet Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ Rupnagar/ November 8,2025

Powercom engineers at Ropar and  Lehra Mohabbat thermal plants held protest gate meetings for two days  against suspension of  Chief Engineer of Ropar tharmal Plant  and dismissal of  Director Generation  by Punjab Government.

Protest rallies were held at plant gate as a protest expressing deep displeasure over the method of removal of Director Generation on the basis of baseless and non-technical facts.

Engineers said that allegations made on both  senior engineers , which compared sub-critical  thermal plants with latest super-critical technology based  plants  for  fuel cost (coal cost) in state  thermal plants are hypothetical and far from the truth. There is a prescribed Merit Order Dispatch (MOD) for operating a thermal plant.

According to the power purchase and regulation wing of the department, the cost of generating electricity of a private thermal plant Talwandi Sabo based on new technology was Rs 3.77 per unit, Rs 3.81 per unit at Goindwal Sahib and based on old sub-critical technology at state thermal plant Ropar it is Rs 3.91 per unit respectively.

Various speakers said that it seems that the management and the government wants to sell the lands of Powercom and Transco to corporate houses . The action seems to be a hidden agenda just to create an atmosphere of fear and doubt among engineers. Further, tearing down the autonomy of Powercom and controlling the authority of the Board of Directors to take decisions on the works of the department, causing unnecessary political interference in the technical works and procurement processes  of Powercom will affect the functioning of PSPCL.

The Association warned that If political interference is  not stopped immediately then the PSEB Engineers Association will be forced to intensify the  struggle .