LUDHIANA: After almost three years of the fire incident, in which a building had collapsed in Suffian Chowk, killing 16 people including nine firefighters, the wife of a deceased fireman Sukhdev Singh was on Friday handed over the appointment letter by mayor Balkar Sandhu and municipal commissioner Pardeep Sabharwal.
The government had announced jobs for the kin of each firefighter, who died battling the fire, and six beneficiaries were also given jobs after a few months. But, in case of three firemen, some technical issues had cropped up, which delayed the appointment of their kin.
In the case of Sukhdev Singh, the issue was that he was hired through Punjab Ex-servicemen Corporation (Pesco), so the government had raised some objections.
Later, the municipal corporation House passed an agenda that the employees hired through Pesco would also be given jobs, which facilitated the appointment of Sukhdev's wife.