15 Lakh Government Officials To Boycott Work Tomorrow Against Privatisation Of UP Power Discom
Ghaziabad:
Fifteen lakh electrical energy division staff together with junior engineers, sub-divisional officials, government engineers and superintending engineers will cross on a day-long boycott of labor on Monday to oppose the proposal of privatising energy distribution corporate Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Restricted.
In case the central govt does now not take again its determination, the boycott could be prolonged for an indefinite duration, they warned.
The district convener of Vidhyut Karamchari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti Avdhesh Kumar informed PTI on Sunday that the central govt is bent upon privatising the ability sector. The protest could be held from morning to night time on Monday and would proceed until the call for isn’t fulfilled.
“The privatisation of the ability sector remained unsuccessful in Orissa, Delhi, Aurangabad, Nagpur, Jalgaon, Ujjain, Gwalior, Bhagalpur, Gaya and Muzaffarpur together with different puts of the rustic. Privatisation is towards the hundreds as a result of electrical energy would grow to be more expensive. Simplest industry properties could be benefitted. Nearly all associations of engineers would take part within the protest,” Mr Kumar stated.
The district management has chalked out a plan to deal with any drawback associated with energy provide, Ghaziabad DM Ajay Shankar Pandey stated, including that 24 hours uninterrupted provide could be ensured at any value.
The district has been divided into six zones with deputy creditors along side technical officials deployed to look at the placement in all 149 electrical energy sub-stations and 22 distribution stations. The extra district Justice of the Peace (ADM) town and ADM (government) officers would observe the placement within the town and rural house, respectively.
Police have additionally been alerted to test any untoward state of affairs at all of the sub-stations of the district. The district’s leader building officer (CDO) has been appointed because the nodal reliable to appear after the entire district all through the boycott.
Additionally, degree graduate technicians had been deputed in all sub-stations to stay energy provide going with none disruptions, DM Pandey added.
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