Patiala : The services of Balwinder Singh meter reader has been terminated after a video goes viral in which he was seen while taking a bribe from a consumer in village Chuhar Chak in moga yesterday. PSPCL management has taken a serious note of the misconduct and mal practices of the meter reader. Balwinder Singh was employed on contract by competent synercies private limited, who is handling the contract of spot billing of of electricity consumers in Punjab. Competent Synercies private limited has terminated the services of Balwinder Singh today.
PSPCL has taken a serious note of this lapse and any kind of corruption at any level shall not be tolerated. Explanation has been sought from M/s competent synercies private limited and instructions have been issued to play a proactive role to screen out such unscrupulous elements from remaining meter readers.Spokesman of the PSPCL disclosed that PSPCL has also taken up the matter with Ajitwal police station to register a FIR in this case.
Power Minister Sh Harbhajan Singh said that no corruption at any level shall be tolerated and all such cases be taken to logical conclusion as per law. In case of any difficulty consumers can send details on mobile no. 96461-75770 by SMS or WhatsApp.