Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 27: All Jammu and Kashmir Electric Department Linemen and Workers Union held a meeting under the chairmanship of its President Tara Chand Lakhotra.
While speaking, Lakhotra said that a daily wager Beekha Lal, who was working on the HT line received serious injuries due to the suddenly restored electric supply. “It is very strange that when the concerned incharge of the Receiving Station was aware about the repair work of the HT line is going on, then why electricity supply was restored keeping no value of the precious life of the poor daily wager, whose condition is very serious and has been shifted to Ludhiana for further treatment”, he added.
In the meeting, the participants in one voice have appealed to the Chief Engineer EM&RE Wing Jammu to conduct thorough investigation of careless on the part of the concerned incharge and the officials, who are responsible for injuries to the poor daily wager due to sudden restoration of the electricity supply.
“Pay compensation and other expenses for the treatment of the injured daily wager” they demanded.
They also appealed to the Government to issue strict orders for proper coordination in the PDD so that lives of linemen can be saved.
Among others present were Vijay Gupta Chairman, Kartar Chand Advisor, Surinder Kumar, Anil Singh Slathia, Narinder Singh, Ashiq Hussain, Girdhari Lal, Mangat Ram and Randhir Singh.
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