Shimla:After the abolition of 51 posts of engineers, the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board (HPSEB) is preparing to terminate the services of 81 outsourced drivers, a move that has sparked strong opposition from the Himachal Pradesh Electricity Board Employees and Engineers Joint Front.
Joint front leaders have expressed their concerns and vowed to raise the issue with the state government.
The joint front has demanded that the board immediately withdraw its decision to terminate the outsourced drivers, many of whom have been working with the board for 10-12 years at low wages, hoping for a secure future.
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The leaders labelled the termination of these workers as both unfortunate and a betrayal of those who had dedicated years of service under challenging conditions.
In a statement, the leaders emphasised that if the government could not formulate a policy to protect the interests of outsourced workers, the least it could do was refrain from removing them from their jobs. They added that such actions were contrary to the social welfare responsibilities of a democratic government.
“At a time when inflation is skyrocketing, these workers are struggling to make ends meet, let alone provide their children with adequate health care and education,” the union leaders said. They urged the electricity board’s management to cancel the layoff orders and instead work toward establishing a permanent policy for the outsourced employees.
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The joint front has also demanded the immediate reinstatement of the 51 positions that were recently abolished within the electricity board.
However, according to Sandeep Kumar, Managing Director of the HPSEB, the drivers in question were outsourced through a third-party company and were not direct employees of the board. Due to the implementation of the scrap policy, certain vehicles in the board’s fleet had been decommissioned, rendering the drivers’ services unnecessary. The company that hired these drivers has now recalled them.
