2 Members of Line Staff at Tunsa Sub Division died as a result accident on
duty while two Lineman met fatal
accident in Muridke Division and Kahuta Sun Division and Six Lineman were
electrocuted in LESCO within short span of time and more than 200 members of the line staff become victim
tragic accidents and far more become permanently disabled during the
performance of their duties every year. It is result of over burdening of the existing line staff with rising heavy
work since no recruitment had been made
for last many years despite increase of the number of consumers and
construction of new lines and Grid Stations as well as absence of Standard
Safety Gadget to the Staff and lack of
adequate training facilities comparing with the size of work force and ignoring
the observance of Safety Regulations at work place which needed to be remedied. These views were expressed in
a large meeting of Elecy. Workers held to-day
10th July, 2014 at
Bakhtiar Labour Hall, Lahore to commemorate “SAFETY DAY” for prevention of
Accident of the Field Staff of Elecy. and promoting of “PREVENTION SAFER
CULTURE” at work place by Veteran Trade
Union Leader Mr. Khurshid Ahmed General Secretary of “ALL PAKISTAN WAPDA HYDRO
ELECTRIC WORKERS UNION” C.B.A. This Safety Day was observed in all major cities
of the country.
At this occasion Main Sagir Ahmed Director H&R (Admn) Lahore
Electric Supply Company Muhammad Akbar Khan General Manager (C&M) speaking
on the occasion, urged to the workers that they should refuse to work in case
they were not provided with the Safety Gadget and Safe Working Conditions. He
also appealed to them that they should not work in any case without observing
Safety Regulations. Since many accidents occurred due to over Confidence of the
workers themselves. He declared that the management with the co-operation of
the union have been making every effort to check the menace of accident.
However, the dependents of the deceased worker
has been ensured that the recruitment of their Child and Daughter or widow immediately and grant of Double Amount of Group Line
Insurance, Family Pension and monthly grant of welfare Fund including Rs. One million special
Ex-Gratia grant to the members of the
bereaved family as a result of
settlement reached between the union and management. At this occasion, Mr. Guy
Ryder Director General I.L.O. sent special message conveying is deep
appreciation of the initiative of the
union on the subject.
At the end, Special monitory help
was given by the Union on the eve of Eidul Fiter to the widows of the deceased workers and
special Prayer was offered for granting peace to the Soul to the martyred
workers and granting patience to their
families and praying to Almighty to make success the campaign
against the accident at work
place and health and Safety of the Workers. By a resolution the house urged to
the Prime Minister to lift ban on the recruitment of the staff and get provided
material for efficient maintenance of Elecy. System and raise the Ex-Gratia Payment to the
dependents of the deceased Worker Rs.
2.5 Million.
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