HISSAR: Haryana Power Engineers Association (HPEA) today held a protest meeting at Hissar to show their solidarity with power sector employees of Uttar Pradesh , Rajasthan and Chandigarh Electricity Department as per directive of All India Power Engineers Federation(AIPEF).
The protest meeting was held under the chairmanship of Ravinder Ghanghas General Secretary and other speakers included Baljit Beniwal Sr vice president, , Sudeep Kumar vice president, Surender Reddu, Pardeep Dhull and others.
Ghanghas said it has been decided to wear black armbands while working during office hours to p[rotest privatisation of electricity in Uttar Pradesh. Rajasthan and Chandigarh. Baljit Beniwal said that the UP government has also decided to hand over Purvanchal and Dakshinanchal Discom to private hands in the next three months . Against which the electricity employees and engineers of UP are fighting strongly.
V K Gupta informed that proposal to privatise its two most loss-making Discoms in Uttar Pradesh is not reform, but an imposition of a failed model. It will lead to mass layoffs, employee reversion, and higher electricity rates. The private company will be neglecting subsidised domestic and agricultural consumers
The electricity engineers and workers of Uttar Pradesh celebrated Black Day on the first day of the new year by forming a human chain wearing black bands. Demonstrators were organised and employees wore black armbands and formed human chains in major cities of Uttar Pradesh.