Uttar Pradesh power dept employees say strike has hit distribution, seek CM Yogi's intervention

The Uttar Pradesh electricity department employees who have stopped work for three days since last night on Friday claimed that their strike has hit power distribution in parts of the state and sought Chief Minister Yogi Adityanaths intervention to end the atmosphere of confrontationThe employees began their strike at 10 pm on Thursday claiming some of their demands agreed by the government in December last year have not been fulfilled by power corporations even after three months The demands related to the selection of chairman and managing director in power companies and pay anomaliesThe government said last evening if the strike creates problems for the public it will take action against the employees under ESMA and threatened to sack contractual workers who do not return to work It also said action would be initiated under the National Security Act if vandalism occurs during demonstrationsThe employees have been protesting under the banner of Vidyut Karmacharis Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti a union of electricity department employeesIts convenor Shailendra Dubey said in a statement on Friday that the employees had to go on strike because of the stubborn attitude of the top management of energy corporationsSeeking CM Adityanaths intervention to end the atmosphere of confrontation Dubey said The strike is not our aim an agreement was reached with the power minister on December 3 2022 which the power corporation administration is refusing to comply withAlso Read Maha govt says honorarium for ASHA workers raised members say not enoughHe claimed five thermal power units including Anpara Obra Parichaha have come to a halt even after the government made employees not participating in the strike to work extra hoursMeanwhile a private electrician was seriously injured while working on an electric pole in Ballia He was rushed to the district hospital but was later referred to a Varanasi hospital an official said in BalliaAbout 1 lakh employees are participating in the strike according to DubeyDubey has said that the government and the employees had agreed on some points on December 23 last year but those points have not been implemented yetHe claimed that the government had agreed that the chairman and the managing director of the power companies would be selected through a committee headed by the chief secretary but these posts are now being filled on the basis of transfersSome other points of the agreement yet to be fulfilled are implementation of the Power Sector Employees Protection Act stopping outsourcing of operation and maintenance of power substations for transmission equal honorarium for different corporations and revision of allowances and removal of salary anomalies he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever