Patiala, May 29 -- The Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is reeling under severe staff shortage ahead of the paddy sowing season. According to the PSPCL data available, currently, more than 25,669 posts out of the sanctioned 39, 641 posts of linesman, assistant linesman and junior engineer are reportedly lying vacant with the highest being that of linesmen and assistant linesmen.

The data reveals that 8,318 posts of linemen, out of the total sanctioned 13,390 are vacant, while 15,979 posts of assistant linemen, out of a total of 22,769 posts are vacant.

Not only this, nearly 40% posts of the junior engineer (JE) are also lying vacant. As many as 1,372 posts, out of the total 3,482 are lying vacant.

The staff shortage is ha...