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Power employees, engineers observe National Protest day
10/5/2020 11:34:31 PM
Early Times Report

Jammu, Oct 5: Power Employees under the banner of Jammu and Kashmir Power Employees and Engineers Coordination Committee (JKEECC) an amalgam comprising of various Unions of PDD today observed national protest day.
Led by Er.Sachin Tickoo, General Secretary JKEEGA, Er. Jaipal Sharma, President DEA,Sanjeev Bali, Ajaz Kazmi, PPEU, Anil Slathia, lineman and Workers Union, H.D Singh, TEF Tarun Gupta, Balbir Singh Draftsman Association, Jasbir Singh ITI Employees ,Kulbir Singh, EEU, Gurmeet Singh among others held protests across both the Provinces of Jammu and Kashmir by carrying anti-privatization placards “No privatization and no victimization” in their respective work places.
They employees have been seeking withdrawal of Electricity amendment Bill, 2020 and to oppose privatization of electricity distribution in the Union Territories and states.
The National Protest Day was also observed across the country in solidarity against the repressive measures adopted by UP Government against the power employees of Uttar Pradesh Power Department who are on peaceful protest against privatisation move.
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,”
This move will be detrimental to the service rights of the Government employees including the daily-wager and need based workers who have been awaiting regularisation since more than 20 years and lead to hardships for the poor consumers and only rich will have access to electricity.
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 policy of UOI.
Munshi Majid Ali President JKEEGA , led the protests in Kashmir and 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 ElectricalEmployees).
The PEECC appealed 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 in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and other states.
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