Employees in the power department of the Uttar Pradesh government began an indefinite complete work boycott from Monday in response to a call given by the UP Vidyut Karmchari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti to protest against the proposed privatization of the Varanasi discom.
The government, meanwhile, said it had made all the preparations to deal with the agitation
On Sunday, the UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) management held talks with the sangharsh samiti leaders to persuade them to withdraw the work boycott call but talks broke down after the management rejected their proposal for effecting reforms in the energy sector without privatizing it.
