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 indefinite strike from 21st. February in case the privatisation process was not halted.

It was also decided that the employees from northern states will sit on daily chain fast from February 21, against privatization. One state will participate daily in chain fast. A delegation of employees and engineers under the banner of the the NationaCommitteel Coordination Committee Of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE) submitted a memorandum against privatization of profit making Chandigarh electricity department was submitted to the administrator of Chandigarh.
NCCOEEE submit memo to UT administrator A massive rally of employees was held in sector 17, Chandigarh which was joined by Prashant Chudhary Convener NCCOEEE, Shailender Dubey Chairman AIPEF, Samar Sinha from AIMPF, V K Gupta Spokesperson AIPEF, Sachin Tikoo from JK Power Engineers Association , Ajay Pal Singh Atwal of PSEBEA , Subhash Lamba of EEFI, Dhankar of Diploma Engineers , Hira Lal Verma from Himachal,
Gopal Joshi from Chandigarh and others.

Defying ban, the complete indefinite strike by employees and engineers in Puducherry has begun today. The various leaders of NCCOEEE after attending the Chandigarh rally have gone to Puducherry to join striking employees tomorrow. Protest meetings were held in all the states against the privatization policy of the government of India and memorandums were submitted to the state authorities.
V K Gupta spokesperson of AIPEF) said that privatization of union territories is just a preamble of government policy to privatise the state electricity boards. \

The power sector employees vehemently oppose selective privatization with commercially lucrative revenue potential area of distribution utilities. Further globally, 70 percent of the distribution utilities are publicly owned, and the remaining
30 percent of the privately-owned companies are located in middle and high-income countries.India is neither a high nor middle-income country. It is a country of low- income population, said V K Gupta.