- About 15 lacs of government officials boycott their work against the privatization of UP Power DISCOM.
- Avdhesh Kumar, the district convener of Vidyut Karamchari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti, on Sunday said that the Central Govt. has bent upon the privatization of the power sector.
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh): 15 lacs employees of the electricity department that includes junior engineers, sub-divisional officers, executive and superintending engineers went on one day-long strike on Monday. They boycott to oppose the proposal of privatizing the power distribution company Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL).
The employees also warned the Central Government that if the decision is not taken back then the boycott could extent to an indefinite period.
The district convener Avdhesh Kumar said that the Central Government has to bend upon the decision of privatizing the power sector. The protest against privatization of the power discom would be held from the morning to evening on Monday and will definitely continue to an unlimited time-period, till the demand is not fulfilled.
The privatization of the power sector has remained satisfactorily unsuccessful in Delhi, Orissa, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Jalgaon, Gwalior, Ujjain, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, and Gaya including the other places of the country. This privatization is against the masses and this will affect the electricity to become costlier which the middle section of the public would not survive. This privatization would be done directly to serve the business houses and the common people would have to face a lot of challenges.
It is necessary for all the association of engineers to participate in the protest and make the protest strong, Kumar pleaded.
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