Massive power cut ALERT: In a significant development for the residents across India, around 27 lakh power sector employees will go on a day-long nationwide strike on July 9, possibly creating the sce
Massive power cut ALERT: In a significant development for the residents across India, around 27 lakh power sector employees will go on a day-long nationwide strike on July 9, possibly creating the scenario of a massive power supply disruption across India. As per a report by PTI news agency, the power sector employees will go on a day-long nationwide strike against the government’s move to privatise two discoms in Uttar Pradesh. Here are all the details you need to know about the nantion-wide power outage issues expected on July 9.
Why are power sector employees going on strike?
A report by PTI news agency has quoted Shailendra Dubey, Chairman of All India Power Engineers’ Federation (AIPEF) as saying that the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to privatise Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd (PVVNL) and Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd (DVVNL), which cover 42 of 75 districts of the state.
“On the call of umbrella body National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE ), the power employees, junior engineers and engineers across the country have held massive demonstrations in protest against the privatization of the discoms,” he said.
Reason behind massive protest on July 9
Dubey said that the strike on such a large scale may also affect the power supply in the country as it has been decided to hold massive protest on July 9 by 27 lakh power employees against the privatization of two UP discoms.
“We will not be responsible if power supply is affected,” he said.
Dubey alleged that Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd and some big officials of the government are in collusion with selected private houses. They want to sell discom assets worth lakhs of crores to private houses at throwaway prices.
Farmers and poor people will be deprived of several benefits if the discoms are privatised, he said.
Demonstrations will be held mainly in Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Vijayawada, Chennai, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Nagpur, Raipur, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Vadodara, Rajkot, Guwahati, Shillong, Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Ranchi, Srinagar, Jammu, Shimla, Dehradun, Patiala, Jaipur, Kota, Hisar, and Lucknow.
(With inputs from agencies)
