Employees of the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) continued their 48-hour strike for the second day on Tuesday against the alleged provident fund-DHFL scam. “About 45,000 power employees staged peaceful demonstrations all over the state for the second day today reiterating the demand for issuance of a notification by the government taking responsibility for safe return of their money, invested in DHFL by the Uttar Pradesh Power Sector Employees’ Trust,” convenor of the Vidyut Karamchari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti (VKSSS), Shilendra Dubey said.
However, the units generating power have been exempted from the protest to prevent grid failure. Over Rs 2,600 crore from the provident fund (PF) of the state power employees was reportedly invested in the scam-hit Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL) by the trust, prompting the state government to order a CBI probe.
