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| Power employees, engineers protest across JK UT against privatization | | |  eARLY TIMES rEPORT
Jammu, Aug 18: Power Employees under the banner of PECC comprising of various Unions of PDD held protests across both the Provinces of Jammu and Kashmir by carrying anti-privatization placards “No Privatisation And No Victimisation” in their respective work places.
Power employees coordination committee comprising of engineers and employees of Jammu and Kashmir on the call of National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE), observe protest day on August 18 for seeking withdrawal of Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020 and to oppose privatization of electricity distribution in union territories.
Protests against Privatization move across all districts in Jammu, Kashmir comes in wake of Government proposed Electricity Amendment Bill, 2020 for privatization of the Power Sector through transferring the assets created with public exchequer inclusive of natural resources to private houses.
The PECC strongly opposed the approach of Government ventilated through the proposed “draconian anti-people electricity legislation with clear objective of snatching away right of access to electricity from poor section of Indian people and peasants”.
The conglomerate said that it is evident that the bill is for ease of making business for the profit monger community and all aspects related to right to electricity for poor people has been set aside. “We are anguished to note that when whole country is integrally fighting menace of COVID-19, the Ministry of Power is otherwise busy in curbing the people’s right to energy,”
PECC strongly resented the announcements made by the Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman and developments thereafter on the issue of privatisation of distribution sector of Power Development Departments starting with Union Territories. This move will be detrimental to the service rights of the 31000 Government employees including the daily-wager and need based workers who have been awaiting regularisation since more than 20 years
Thousands of electricity employees and engineers of UT of J&K of Power Development Department held a protest demonstrations maintaining social distance against the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020 and move to privatize the power distribution in union Territories.
All employees of Power Department be it engineers or non-engineers supported and acted upon the call given by the NCCOEE (National Coordination Committee of Electrical Employees). According to the joint statement issued, the Bill was termed as “anti-farmer” and “anti-domestic consumer”, they said the Bill paves the way for privatization of the entire power sector in the country.
The Central Government having failed to arrive at consensus on the proposed Electricity Amendment Bill 2020 has unilaterally now decided to thrust upon the Union Territories the privatisation plan as it feels that the absence of any elected legislature is an opportunity to muzzle the rights of the common people and employees in particular.The public assets created over the years are being conceived to be given on a platter to the Private profit centric organisations in UT of Jammu and Kashmir which has remained deprived for infrastructural reforms in Power sector over the last 70 years.
The PECC appeals to Home Minister, Minister of Power and Lt.Governor Jammu and Kashmir and Minister of State PMO Dr. Jitender Singh to drop the idea of privatization and give greater administrative autonomy to corporations, employees and empower them in order to create a healthy power distribution sector. |
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