Dharna by power staff seeks scrapping of electricity bill

Hyderabad: Thousands of electricity employees took part in a one-day strike across the state on Wednesday demanding annulment of electricity (amendment) bill 2021 and withdrawal of process of privatisation of electricity from public sector in states and UTs.
The members of all the unions and associations of Telangana State Power Employees’ Joint Action Committee (TSPEJAC) protested against central policies to privatise power utilities by holding a dharna at Vidyuth Soudha in Hyderabad, TSNPDCL corporate office in Warangal, district headquarters and all generating stations in Telangana.
TSPEJAC said around 35,000 engineers, employees and workers of TSTransco, TSGenco, TSSPDCL and TSNPDCL participated in the strike. The National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers, a united platform of national federations of electricity employees and engineers, had given the call for one-day boycott of work.