In 1999, there were 28,000 regular workers for 16 lakh electricity consumers. But now, the consumers’ number is increasing, but the number of workers is on the decrease, said the speakers at the 47th annual conference of the Rajya Bidyut Board Shramik Mahasangha (RBBSM) here on Sunday. The number of regular workers has decreased to 10,000.
Therefore, Government should give new employees a chance by increasing new posts. Upabhokta Mahasanga State president Ramesh Satpathy presided over the meeting. Lingaraj Law College Principal NC Patnaik was the chief speaker. President Rabi Rath, Ekata Manch conveyor BB Nayak were the guests.
Amng others, Dayanidhi Samal, Pravat Kumar Kar, Bishwanath Padhy, N Bhaskar Rao, Jagannath Moharana, Kaliprasad Mohapatra and Sadananda Choudhury were present.