interested jobseekers should contact DBEEs in the meanwhile: Channi
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Government under the Ghar Ghar Rozgar & Karobar Mission is organizing 6th State Level Mega Rozgar Mela from September 24 to September 30. More than 55,000 applications have already been received from the jobseekers on the official web portal www.pgrkam.com of the department, but due to heavy load on the portal some technical snag have taken place and the portal is working quite slow for the past two days.
The Employment Generation Minister, Punjab, Mr. Charanjit Singh Channi disclosing this today said that this issue would be solved very soon. He said that for the time being the interested job seekers who have not applied online on the portal are requested to contact their District Bureau of Employment and Enterprise office (DBEE) to participate in the upcoming 6th State Level Mega Rozgar Mela
He also clarified that the candidates who are otherwise registered on the portal but have not specifically applied for vacancies available in this Mega Rozgar Mela May communicate their choice of vacancies to the district bureau office. The district bureau offices can easily be reached through the helpline numbers.
Mr. Channi further said that more than 1100 employers are participating offering about 90,000 positions. He also appealed to the youth of the state to make maximum use of this golden opportunity for getting employed.
The Secretary, Employment Generation, Punjab, Mr. Rahul Tewari said that various district administrations are also trying to reach out to the unemployed youth to make them aware how to participate in the Rozgar Mela. He also said that the facilitation exercise being undertaken by the administration, all guidelines and safety measures regarding Covid -19 would be followed during the event. The vacancies during Job Fairs are available for below 10th, 10th, 12th, Graduates, Post Graduates, ITI and Diploma pass jobseekers both for freshers as well as for the ones having experience.
The helpline numbers of the District Bureaus are given below:-
| Sr. No. | District | Helpline Numberfor participation in Rozgar Mela |
| 1 | Amritsar | 99157-89068 |
| 2 | Barnala | 94170-39072 |
| 3 | Bathinda | 77196-81908 |
| 4 | Faridkot | 99883-50193 |
| 5 | Fatehgarh Sahib | 99156-82436 |
| 6 | Fazilka | 89060-22220 |
| 7 | Ferozepur | 94654-74122 |
| 8 | Gurdaspur | 81960-15208 |
| 9 | Hoshiarpur | 62801-97708 |
| 10 | Jalandhar | 90569-20100 |
| 11 | Kapurthala | 98882-19247 |
| 12 | Ludhiana | 77400-01682 |
| 13 | Mansa | 94641-78030 |
| 14 | Moga |