Ludhiana News- Anti Corruption Day in BSNL

Ludhiana, September 19, 2013: Activists of the BSNL Employees Union held an aggressive lunch hour demonstration in front of the office of the General Manager BSNL, Bharat Nagar Chowk, Ludhiana against the alleged rampant corruption in BSNL and against bogus billing by the contractors. The call to observe Anti Corruption Day was given by BSNL Employees Union Punjab Circle.

Addressing the gathering, Balbir Singh, CS said that a rampant corruption is going in BSNL. The worst affected is the BSNL Ludhiana. The expenditure in BSNL Ludhiana is more than its earnings whereas in the all other districts of Punjab, it is less than its earnings. The over expenditure is due to the alleged rampant corruption by some of the officers and bogus billing by the contractors. One of the contractors who have been awarded the contract of housekeeping is raising huge bogus bills since a long time. It has come to the notice of the union that said contractor is billing for watering more than 6,000 plants in Ludhiana. The number of actual plants is far less than billed for. Interestingly the Sub Divisional Officers who have verified the bogus bills were seen planting the plants in their respective premises. The matter was brought to the notice of Senior General Manager Telecom Ludhiana but no action has been initiated so far.

Balwinder Singh, District Secretary BSNLEU and S.P. Singh, Circle Secretary NFT BSNL Employees while addressing the demonstrators said not only the plants the contractor is raising bogus bills for cleanliness of open area of Ludhiana BSNL to the tune of more than 1.5 lacs monthly. This area he never got cleaned. Similarly he is raising bill for cleanliness of tables, almirah, chairs, doors and racks which he never got cleaned.

Among others, Budh Singh, Circle Treasurer, Paramjit Singh District President, Balbir Singh Khanna, Pritam Chand Distt Secretary, NFT BSNL Employees, Avtar Singh Jhande, Assistant District Secretary BSNLEU Ludhiana and Rajiv Sharma, Assistant District Secretary BSNLEU Ludhiana, spoke on the occasion.