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Karam Prakash
Patiala, July 4
After a spate of attacks on the employees of the Water Resources Department, junior engineers (JEs) have decided to stage a protest against farmers. The Diploma Engineers’ Association, in an emergency meeting on Sunday, has decided that they won’t do any work until the police book and arrest all the accused of the recent attacks on their colleagues.
In a recent attack allegedly by farmers at Kheri Mandla village, two junior engineers and an SDO were injured. A team of the department was on a round of inspection to curb water thefts by farmers when it was attacked. One of the junior engineers, who had received a fracture on his left arm, is still undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Patiala.