Powermen hold protest against Chandigarh Administration’s decision to privatise power

Up in arms against the Chandigarh Administration’s decision to give power in private hands of Kolkata- based company, several members of employees’ unions held a protest against the decision on Tuesday. The protest was held despite the Chandigarh Administration announcing “no pay no work” for this protest by employees.

During the strike, however, there were no major complaints of any power cuts throughout the city. Six major employees’ federations and organisations of UT and MC had earlier jointly submitted a demand letter to the Chandigarh Administration on the major demands of the employees and sought a meeting to solve the problems of the employees. Ignoring these demands, the UT Administration has not addressed their issues, they said.