WAPDA line staff’s workload has doubled at the cost of their health and lives

Wapda workers held a rally and demanded the Prime Minister to reduce the prices of essential commodities, and take action to prevent fatal accidents of electricity line staff.

The workers press their longstanding demand of safety at work which requires hiring of line staff throughout the country, in last six years no new line staff has been hired due to ban on their recruitment.

The workers demand lifting of this ban and recruitment of line staff.

General Secretary of the union Khurshid Ahmad informed that 50 members of the line staff have already lost their lives this year.

He demanded the government intervene and stop accidents of the line staff due to serious shortage of the staff resulting in tragic deaths.

Many have met with accidents because their work has increased and the work they do is dangerous and requires great concentration. The line staff’s workload has doubled at the cost of their health and lives.