Strike announcement on 26 June to protest against electricity privatization, demonstrations will be held across the country

Power Engineers Federation News: National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers have announced a nationwide strike on 26 June to protest against the privatization of electricity. The NCCOEE has decided that big conferences will be held in all the provinces of the country in the months of April and May to make the nationwide strike a success. Earlier, the National Officer of NCOEEE in protest against the process of privatization in Uttar Pradesh

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The National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers announced a nationwide strike on 26 June to protest against the privatization of electricity. The NCCOEE has decided that big conferences will be held in all the provinces of the country in the months of April and May to make the nationwide strike a success. Earlier, NCCOEEE national officials will hold four rally in protest against the process of privatization in Uttar Pradesh. The Coordination Committee also decided that before going on strike on 26 June, the power workers of the country will strike on the day of the strike of All India Trade Unions in May.

Conference in Nagpur

The National Conference of National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers in Nagpur, Chairman of All India Power Engineers Federation, Shailendra Dubey, Secretary General P Ratnakar Rao, Mohan Sharma of All India Federation of Electricity Employees, Krishna Bhoyur, Electricity Employees Federation of India of India Prashant Chaudhary, Subhash Lamba, All India Power Samar Sinha of Mains Federation, Biju Krishna of Bharatiya Kisan Morcha, Girish Bhave of Kamgar Ekta Manch mainly addressed.

Nccoeee The proposal passed in the general meeting said that the manner in which the power department of Chandigarh in profit was privatized is very objectionable. According to the government in UP, electricity of one lakh 15 thousand crores is owed to revenue and a loss of one lakh 10 thousand crores. In this way, it is clear that if the revenue is recovered, then the power distribution corporations of UP are in profit. The proposal states that the transmission sector is being largely privatized in the name of tariff based competitive bidding and asset monituation. Common consumers are suffering in the form of very expensive electricity in the field of generation.

It has been said in the proposal that privatization is not only in the interest of employees, but electricity is most fatal for consumers. There is a tariff of up to Rs 17 – 18 per unit for domestic consumers in the private sector. Farmers do not get subsidy in the private sector. If privatization is not stopped, expensive electricity will break the back of common consumers.

In the proposal passed in the General Assembly, it has been demanded from the Central and State Governments that the privatization of electricity should be withdrawn immediately, otherwise the power workers will be forced to hold a nationwide strike with full solidarity.