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`KSEB turning hard-hearted'

By Our Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Dec. 10. The CITU-affiliated Kerala State Electricity Board Workers' Association (KSEBWA) has alleged that the KSEB had unilaterally stopped the practice of providing jobs to the dependents of the employees who had lost their lives in accidents associated with their work.

In a statement issued here today, the general secretary of the KSEBWA, K.O. Habeeb, said this policy shift had happened after the UDF had assumed charge of the Government. Also, employees who sustained debilitating injuries in accidents and could not continue working were eligible for the benefit of pensions. This too was being withheld by the KSEB, he said.

"This is heartless. Dependents of over 100 victims of on-job accidents are awaiting employments in the KSEB," he said, adding that the KSEBWA would be organising a sathyagraha on December 17 to have this `inhuman policy' corrected.

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