Power workers demand insurance cover

Lauding the Yogi Adityanath government for extending insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh to police personnel and Health department staff, Power Employees Joint Action Committee demanded similar favour for them.

It argued that power employees also worked in adverse and risky environment and they should also be given insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh.

Power Employees Joint Action Committee convenor Shailendra Dubey said on Wednesday that power employees at the time of coronavirus pandemic were vulnerable to risks and for maintaining their morale, they should also be given insurance cover.

Dubey said that like the police, health and sanitation employees, power employees were also working round-the-clock for maintaining power supply in the state by managing power generation, transmission and distribution.