We will fight tooth and nail against govt.’s power sector policy: CITU

Govt.’s wrong policies are to be blamed for its poor functioning: union leader

The State government’s proposed decision to hand over operation and maintenance of Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station at Nelaturu in SPSR Nellore district to a private player on a 25-year lease has run into rough weather with the employees and Opposition parties stoutly opposing the move.

“We will fight tooth and nail against the State government’s power sector policy. We will rope in all employee organisations and like-minded opposition parties for the purpose,” said Centre for Indian Trade Unions State president Ch. Narasinga Rao.

Likening the Jagan Mohan Reddy government’s decision “to selling the cow to buy milk,” Mr. Narasinga Rao, who also spearheads the struggle against privatisation of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant by the Centre, said the State-owned Andhra Pradesh Generation Corporation(APGENCO) generated power at a highly competitive cost of ₹3.14/kWh at a time when the State government purchased power by taking part in power auctions online at a very high cost.