Power corp employees boycott work against EPF scam
NOIDA: Hundreds of power employees and engineers of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL), under the banner of Vidyut Karmachari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti (VKSSS), began a 48-hour work boycott over the illegal investment of over ₹4,122 crore of their provident fund (PF) corpus in scam-hit Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL).
The strike began at 8am Monday and protesters gathered outside the main gate of Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) chief engineer’s office in Sector 16. The demonstrators sought a government guarantee for the safe return of their money invested in DHFL.
The scam had surfaced a few weeks ago after which UPPCL filed FIRs against UP State Power Sector Employees Trust secretary Praveen Kumar Gupta and former UPPCL director, finance, Sudhanshu Dwivedi. They were arrested Saturday.
