PSPCL engineers to go on with their agitation plan; management failed to address issues
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
After the passing of the given time to the Punjab state power corporation limited (PSPCL) management, PSEB Engineers Association has once again decided to resume their protest, after the powercom management fails to address their demands.
Today, in a letter given to the CMD, PSPCL, PSEB engineers association has officially informed the management about their resumption of agitation plan.
As per the spokesperson of the association,” the association acknowledges that during the critical summer period, quality and uninterrupted power supply is the primary objective of all stakeholders and accordingly as per the positive assurance of Punjab Govt. and PSPCL management toward the issues of power engineers, the Extended Executive Committee of the Association in its meeting held on 08/07/2021 had decided to postpone all agitation programmes upto 30/07/2021.
He further added that the management will appreciate that “while we are committed to the Punjab power sector, we expect that PSPCL Management will also take care of issues being faced by the engineers. But the recent actions and non-commitment of Management appears contrary to this principal”
They reminded the management that “as per discussion held and agreements reached during the meeting held on 07/07/2021 with the committee constituted wide Director Admin Order no 9 dated 06/07/2021 wherein it was assured that a positive decision will be taken latest by 20/07/2021 regarding the issue of the Start Scale of AEs. Despite positive assurances, grant of start scale of 18030/- to AEs is still pending.”
On an another issue “Management has gone against an established policy by excluding the representatives of employee associations/ unions from WFC. Even though PSPCL is not dependent on Punjab Govt for its pay but management has included two number representatives of Power Department and Finance Department of Punjab Government in the WFC, who may have no knowledge about the power sector and its working and may not be able to contribute to the WFC to justify their inclusion in the committee.”
“Despite postponing the agitation repeatedly, these issues have not been resolved till date, such an inordinate delay to resolve the issues is creating huge resentment among engineers. The Extended Executive of the PSEBEA, in its meeting held on 31/07/2021, has been constrained to resume the agitation,” said the spokesperson.
Now, it has been decided by the PSEBEA,” from 05/08/2021 onwards all engineers (including engineers posted in shift duties at Generating Stations/ SLDC etc) will keep their mobile phones switched off daily from 5PM to 9AM.
All engineers will exit the Official WhatsApp Groups on 05/08/2021 at 11AM.
On 10/08/2021 11AM onwards official SIMs will be collected by all regions.
On 11/08/2021 collected SIMs will be handed over to management.
“Association will be compelled to intensify the agitation further if the pending issues of power engineers are not resolved on top priority” concluded the spokesperson.
August 2,2021
