3 years on, wife of late fire fighter gets job

Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, January 8

Three years after the plastic manufacturing factory fire and collapse incident, the Municipal Corporation Ludhiana authorities handed over a job appointment letter to the wife of late fire fighter Sukhdev Singh, who had lost his life in the incident.

Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu and MC Commissioner Pardeep Kumar Sabharwal today handed over the letter of appointment to the wife of late Sukhdev Singh. She has been provided a permanent job by the Municipal Corporation.

Nine fire fighters of the MC had lost their life in the mishap and collapse incident near Suffian Chowk of Ludhiana in November 2017.

2 firefighters’ kin yet to get relief

Meanwhile, the kin of two fighters, Vishal Kumar and Manpreet Singh, are yet to get any job. Earlier, jobs had been provided to kin of six fire fighters. Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh had visited the accident site in 2017 and had instructed that kin of all martyred fire fighters (regular and contractual) would be provided jobs.