Ludhiana, Dec. 25 -- Electricity billing work in Khanna and Mandi Gobindgarh has been disrupted as outsourced meter readers engaged with the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) continue their strike across the state, protesting alleged arbitrary actions by the utility and its contractors.

The strike, ongoing since November 17, was called by the Outsourced Spot Billing Meter Readers Union, which claims that the department blocked workers' billing IDs without prior notice, effectively halting their work. "Despite raising legitimate demands for years, we have been met with warnings, termination letters, and sudden deactivation of billing credentials," the union said in a letter to PSPCL chairman Basant Garg on December 23.

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