CHANDIGARH: Power sector employees of the Haryana will hold protest gate meetings on March 28 and 29 in protest against the privatisation policies of the central government, K K Malik General Secretary of Haryana Power Engineers Association said.
The decision was taken in a meeting of the executive committee of Haryana :ower Engineers Association held on Saturday at Panipat.
On the call of labour organisations across the country, power sector workers of all the states will also be part of the protest against the privatisation policies of the central government for two days on March 28 and 29, Ram Pal President of the Association said.
The main demands of the power sector employees and engineers are that the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021 should be withdrawn, all types of privatisation processes should be stopped and the decision to privatise power sector, especially in Union Territories of Chandigarh, Dadra Nagar Haveli, Daman Diu and Puducherry, should be cancelled.
The workers are also demanding inclusion of all the electricity employees appointed after the dissolution of electricity boards under the old pension