Unbundling of PSEB
Board staff observe strike
Tribune News Service

Patiala, February 10
In protest against the move to unbundle the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB), thousands of board employees in the state remained on strike today. On a call given by the PSEB Employees Joint Forum, various employees’ associations and unions also staged protest dharnas in several districts of Punjab.

According to the protesting employees, the strike got a good response and the PSEB employees in large numbers stayed away from their duties. Because of the strike, the cash counters and the complaint centres in the PSEB offices in Punjab wore a deserted look.

Speaking to The Tribune, senior leaders of the PSEB Employees Joint Forum Surinder Singh Pehalwan and Pal Singh said the strike was successful in Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Sangrur, Nawanshehar, Ropar, Bathinda, Muktsar, Faridkot, Khanna and Mohali. “The employees stationed at the Ropar, Bathinda and Lehra Mohabbat thermal plants and Shahpur Kandi, Ganguwala, Anandpur Sahib, UBDC Pathankot hydel projects also participated in the protests against the ‘anti-employees’ policies of the state government,” they added.