Amid Cold Wave, Outages In J&K As 20,000 Power Sector Employees On Strike
NDTV
Twenty-thousand employees are protesting against the government move to merge J&K Power Development Department into the Power Grid Corporation of India and the handing over of the assets to private companies.
A major power breakdown amid extreme cold wave has pushed large parts of Jammu and Kashmir to the edge as thousands of employees of the Power Development Department have gone on indefinite strike.
Twenty-thousand employees are protesting against the government move to merge J&K Power Development Department into the Power Grid Corporation of India and the handing over of the assets to private companies.
The employees have been on strike from Friday midnight. They have decided not to carry out any repair and maintenance work until the government accepts their demands.
The employees want a reversal of government decision to privatise assets, regularisation of daily wage power employees, and the release of salaries.
