Himachal Pradesh News: In Himachal Pradesh, there may once again be a clash between the government led by Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu and the Electricity Board employees. 51 posts have been abolished in Himachal Pradesh Electricity Board. Notification has been issued in this regard.
Protest has arisen among the employees against the abolition of these posts. Himachal Electricity Board Employees-Engineers Joint Front has lodged a protest against this. The state government has been given an ultimatum of 10 days to withdraw this decision.
51 posts in electricity board were abolished
Actually, 51 posts have been abolished in Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board. Of these, there are seven posts of Superintending Engineer Works. These posts are in Chief Engineer Office Operation Shimla, Dharamshala, Mandi, Hamirpur, Chief Engineer Generation Hamirpur, Chief Engineer ES Shimla and Chief Engineer Project Shimla. The reason behind this has been said to be rationalization.
Along with this, six posts of Senior Superintending Engineer Commerce and Works have been abolished and re-designated as Senior Superintending Engineer Works.
Warning to employees to go on mass leave
Heera Lal Verma, co-convenor of Himachal Electricity Board Employees, Engineers and Pensioners Joint, said that it is unfortunate to abolish the posts of Electricity Board. The employees working on these posts have been shifted to other posts. The United Front had registered its protest earlier also. A meeting has also been held in this regard on Friday. Hiralal Verma said that it has been decided in the emergency meeting that from Saturday, employees and other engineers will work under the work-to-rule.
Mobile phones will be kept switched off from 6 pm to 9 am. Till now the employees were cooperating in the work by keeping their phones on 24 hours. The state government has been given an ultimatum of 10 days. If this decision is not withdrawn, the employees will go on mass leave. It may be noted that earlier in the month of January, tensions had increased between the Electricity Board employees and the state government regarding the demand for the Old Pension Scheme.
These posts were also abolished
According to this notification, 22 posts of Assistant Engineer Works are available in Kumarsain, Kaza, Rekong Peo, Rohru, Solan, Arki, Dharamshala, Nagrota-Bagwan, Lambagaon, Baijnath, Dalhousie, Nurpur, Jwali, Fatehpur, Karsog, Sarkaghat, It has been completed in Jogindernagar, Manali, Nadaun, Badsar, Ghumarwin and Amb. 16 other posts of Assistant Engineer have been abolished in Kangra, Dalhousie, Shimla, Rampur, Rohru, Mandi, Hamirpur, Una, Bilaspur, Shimla, Palampur, Bhabanagar and Nahan.