Chandigarh: The UT powermen union on Tuesday got the support of various associations and
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors, who joined their protest in Sector 17. The union members are protesting against power privatisation. They have announced that power department employees, under the banner of UT powermen union, will observe a 72-hour strike from February 22 to February 24.
The Union cabinet approved the highest bidder on January 6. Chandigarh administration plans to hand over the department to the private company on March 24.
Gopal Dutt Joshi
, general secretary, UT powermen union said that the union government and UT administration were determined to privatise the Chandigarh electricity department despite the fact that it was profitable. He said that the employees would continue their protest in the days to come. Kolkata-based
Eminent Electricity Distribution
was the highest bidder for privatisation.
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