Mumbai: Around 1.25 lakh electricity engineers and employees of the three state-owned power companies has called on a three-day strike, starting at Tuesday night, to voice against privatisation in the electricity distribution sector. This might hamper the power supply in parts of Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). The state government, in a bid to address potential outages, has prepared an emergency plan.
The employees have accused the government of indirectly promoting privatisation in the electricity distribution sector and have demanded permanent jobs for those working on a contract basis. To avoid power outages, the energy department has asked officers to prepare for any emergency and has set up a control room to address the complaints.
‘’Adani group has applied for a parallel distribution licence in Navi Mumbai and Thane, where currently Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co.
