Engineers urge CM to protect power sector

Ludhiana March 5As many as 150 engineers participated in a zonal-level meeting of the PSEB Engineers' Association here today. They criticised the PSPCL management and Punjab Government for “failing to protect the interest of citizens.”Speakers including Ajay Pal Singh Atwal general secretary of the association said the PSPCL had submitted a plan to hire only 2632 employees but there were more than 20000 vacancies in the power sector. He warned that closing the Ropar thermal would be a technical and financial blunder. Members appealed to Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh to intervene and protect the state power sector. They said if the PSPCL management failed to protect the interest of the power sector the association would start a statewide agitation.