Patiala:- Today on 08-11-2025, the monthly meeting of Powercom and Transco Pensioners Union Reg: Head Office Unit Patiala was held under the chairmanship of Bhinder Singh Chahal at Ankhi Bhawan Patiala. In which various speakers strongly condemned the Punjab government's sale of hundreds of acres of Powercom's properties worth crores to corporate houses.
And while warning the central government, he said that the Electricity Bill 2025 should be withdrawn immediately, otherwise the pensioners of Powercom will start a strong struggle along with all the farmers, laborers, employees of Punjab. The entire responsibility of which will be the central government.
The Punjab government has recently terminated the services of Powercom's Director Generation using the excuse of thermals and suspended the Chief Engineer, while a cozy conspiracy to suppress public institutions was also condemned. A large number of Powercom pensioners will join the protest being held by all employees and pensioners of Punjab at Dhuri Chief Minister's constituency on 16-11-2025.
On this occasion, a demand was made to the Powercom management that the pension of the pensioners before 1-1-2016 should be revised by 2.59, the DA installments, which are being given 16 percent less than the central government, should also be given immediately, the cashless scheme should be reissued and the remaining arrears should be released soon.
On this occasion, Eng. Santokh Singh Boparai State Advisor, Harsharanjit Kaur, Bhinder Singh Chahal, Harjit Singh, Jagtar Singh, Harbans Singh Tiwana, Manmohan Singh, Amarjit Singh, Gauri Shankar, Amarjit Singh Walia Writ: Chief Engineer, Amrik Singh, Swaran Singh, Diwan Singh, Bhan Singh, Balbir Singh, Gurcharan Singh, etc. addressed.