The state’s power engineers and employees on Monday abstained from work and organised demonstrations and meetings to protest against the tabling of the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022, in Parliament.
Their protests were a part of the nationwide agitation called by the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers.
The Central government, however, took the wind out of the power men’s sails by referring the contentious Bill to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy for wide discussions. The All-India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) had been demanding this for a long time.
