Engineers demand white paper on PSEB unbundling

He added that the government must bring out a white paper on the issue and hold a public debate before taking a final decision regarding the unbundling of PSEB with the consent of all parties concerned.

Bedi also said the power crisis in the state may worsen further in the coming years as no proposed thermal plant is being commissioned.

He demanded that the Rajpura thermal plant be set up by the state and the Gidderbaha thermal plant be set up in a joint venture with NTPC and BHEL to avoid further delay in capacity addition in the state.

The association president also held power theft and transmission losses responsible for power shortage in the state. He alleged that the government had issued instructions to PSEB not to conduct checking of tubewells of farmers,which would encourage the power thefts.

Bedi also condemned the downgrading of Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs) of engineers of Ropar thermal plant by outgoing general manager K K Sood.

He demanded that all ACRs written by Sood be quashed and disciplinary action be initiated against him for the same.

PSEB Engineers’ Association Patron Padamjit Singh,vice-president S C Chabba and secretary Bhupinder Singh also addressed a meeting of the Ropar thermal plant unit of the association.