Nawanshahr,February 03: On the call given by the National Coordination Committee ofElectrical Employees and Engineers as well as the State Committee of Council ofJunior Engineers, the Powercom Engineers and other employees of regionNawanshahr, wearing black badges held a dharna here at Circle office today toobserve ‘National Protest Day’ against the proposed Electricity Bill.
Er.Tarvinder Singh and Er. Gurbaksh Ram, president and general secretaryrespectively of the Circle Committee of the Union, while addressing the dharnacondemned the pro privatization policies of the government. The proposed bill,if enacted, would pave the way for the corporate sector to get reins of the powersector public institutions, they said.
Theyfurther said that proposed electricity bill 2021 must be boycotted andgovernment must adhere to their demands or else they would be forced tointensify the protest.