NEW DELHI : Power sector engineers would go for token work boycott across the country on February 3 to protest against the move to privatise distribution companies by the central government, the All India Power Engineers’ Federation (AIPEF) said on Monday.
“Power engineers across the country shall resort to token work boycott and hold protest meetings on 3rd February against privatization policies of the Government of India,” AIPEF spokesperson V.K. Gupta said in a statement.
Shailendra Dubey, the Chairman of AIPEF, in a letter to the Prime Minister, stated that power engineers are grieved over the central government’s move towards the power sector privatisation through Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020, & Standard Bidding Document for total privatisation of distribution of electricity.
