The UT Powermen Union on Monday announced a three-day strike from 11 pm on February 21 against handing over the electricity department to a private company. On Monday, a seminar was organised against power privatization at Public Convention Centre in Sector 36-A Opposition parties, trade unions, public representatives and employees' organizations rallied against the decision. It was decided they will ...
All states are on board for the Centre’s Rs 3.03-lakh-crore discom reform scheme, Power Secretary Alok Kumar told The Indian Express, noting that the scheme had incorporated learnings from previous schemes aimed at reforming power distribution, which is often termed the weak link of India’s power sector. Kumar noted that power distribution companies (discoms) in most states and union territories h...
Coal India, the world's largest coal miner, plans to directly export output to neighbouring countries, according to sources and documents seen by Reuters, after decades of exclusively supplying domestic consumers. The state-run company plans to export to Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan, according to a draft policy sent to the secretary of coal ministry and reviewed by Reuters, a...
The main argument being advanced in favour of entrusting the O&M of SDSTPS to interested companies is that its variable cost of generation is high at ?3.14 per KWH Employees of the Andhra Pradesh (A. P.) power utilities are seething with anger at the government’s decision to hand over the Operations & Maintenance (O&M) of Sri Damodaram Sanj...
Engineers and employees of the Puducherry Electricity Department have suspended their indefinite strike over the plan of the Centre to privatise the power sector. The strike which began on Tuesday was put off following talks with Chief Minister N Rangasamy on Wednesday. President of the Association of Engineers and the Workers P Velmurugan told PTI that the Rangasamy convened a meeting with the representatives of the...
Many areas in the city faced disruption in power supply as employees of the Electricity Department went on a one-day strike in protest against the privatisation of the department. Residents of Sector 33, 34 and 35 said there was no power supply in their area since noon and it could be restored only in the evening. As there was no electricity during the day, they could not even charge...
Around 2000 employees of the electricity department began an indefinite strike in Puducherry on Tuesday in protest against the move by the Union territory government to privatise distribution and transmission of power. The call for an indefinite strike was given by the Engineers and Employees Association to protest the government’s move. Police were deployed in strength at all the installations and other ...
Powermen observe complete strike, decide to go on indefinite strike from February 21 against privatization Chandigarh, February 1, 2022: The Electricity employees of Chandigarh under the banner of UT Powermen Union today observe a complete strike against the privatization of well running and profit earning Electricity Department and it was further decided to proceed on an indef...
The UT Powermen Union went on a one-day strike against the privatisation of the power department and their long-pending demands on Tuesday. It was further decided to proceed on an indefinite strike from February 21 in case the privatisation process was not halted. Meanwhile, the Chandigarh administration on Monday warned of enforcing 'no work, no pay' rule will be appli...
Residents in various parts of the city complained of long power cuts since the previous night, some even alleging foul play by protesting powermen While the electricity department employees went on a one-day strike against the privatisation move in Chandigarh, residents in various parts of the city had to face the brunt, with some complaining of as long as 20-hour power cuts. V...