Ludhiana substations face manpower crunch: Amid mounting vacant posts, PSPCL pulls field staff for clerical duties

Despite an acute shortage of technical staff at power substations across Ludhiana, the protection and maintenance (P&M) wing of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has diverted several skilled field workers to desk-based clerical duties, officials aware of the matter said.

Technical staff, including regular teammates, assistant substation attendants and junior engineers, who are primarily responsible for fault rectification and ensuring uninterrupted power supply, are now handling paperwork at offices such as the chief engineer’s office in Sarabha Nagar, the superintendent engineer’s office and the operation and maintenance division in Miller Ganj.