DW BUREAU / chandigarh The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has taken stern notice of the rampant corruption in Punjab Communications Ltd (Puncom) (PSU), the only surviving public sector entity in the state of Punjab. If the conscience of the Congress is even a little bit alive then exemplary action should be taken against the corrupt officials and employees of Puncom and a high level inquiry should be held into the anonymous assets of the officers and employees who are openly looting the company. In a statement issued from the party headquarters, quoting facts and documents, the state president of the party's youth wing and MLA Meet Hayer said that the power sector in Mohali (SAS Nagar) known as Electronic Town in the 1990s has only PSU left of the country. But, the rampant bureaucracy involved in corruption is financially ruining this lone surviving institution, leaving the regular and temporary employees in fear, because if the public sector Puncom shuts down like other institutions of the state then not only will they lose their jobs but, the arrears of millions of rupees due to each employee will also sink. First Badal government, then Captain Government and now Channi government are looting Puncom with both hands. No one is showing any interest or taking an initiative to stop about a dozen and a half officers who are hell bent on destroying this public entity. Releasing the on-record salaries of 10 top officials of Puncom, Meet Hair said that on the one hand salaries ranging from Rs 1.5 lakh to more than Rs 3 lakh are being collected and on the other hand, the family of Naresh Kumar, a permanent employee of the company who died due to Covid while being on duty in Bhusawal, Maharashtra, has not been paid the full gratuity as per the rules nor has his kin been given a job. You can imagine the lack of concern of corrupt officials that they haven't shown any sympathy towards the family of Naresh Kumar even after they failed to get his body because of covid being at peak, added Meet Hayer. Hayer said that the Puncom officials who are earning higher salaries than the Chief Minister and the Governor of Punjab were also robbing Puncom. (editor@dailyworld.in)