Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 25: All Jammu and Kashmir Electric Department Linemen and Workers’ Union (EDLWU) has demanded the authorities of Power Development Department to pay compensation to the next of kin of the employees, who lost their lives while performing their duty.
It is unethical that those employees and need based workers who either lost their limbs or severely injured while performing their duties in the Department, have been neglected by the PDD authorities and none of them received any compensation and medical assistance, said president of the Union, Tara Chand.
Quoting a recent incident in which, one Sunil Kumar, a need based worker while performing his duties received an electric shock due to which whole of his body burnt following which he was rushed to Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu, where he is struggling for his life, Tara Chand appealed to the Executive Engineer, Gandhi Nagar Division, Jammu to approach to the medical authorities for providing the patient AC facilities to provide relief to his burnt body.
He also appealed the Executive Engineer to process the compensation case in his (Sunil Kumar’s) favour, as being a need based worker, he could not afford huge expenses on his treatment.
Drawing attention towards the incidents, which took place in E&MRE Division No 2, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu, where several need based workers and regular employees lost their lives and several became disabled during the year 2013-14, Chand said till now the department has not taken any action in granting the compensation to these victims.
The Union president further appealed the PDD authorities to investigate into the matters mentioned above, enquire about loss of lives and compensate the victims immediately without any delay.
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