Agitated with the arrested of 8 persons, including 7 engineers of the Uttar Pradesh State Bridge Corporation (UPSBC), the members of Bridge Corporation Junior Engineer Sangh wore black badges and remained away from work on Monday, boycotting the work all over the State.
Terming the action as unwanted harassment of only the engineers and employees of the corporation, the association president, claimed that if such one sided action will continue against their colleagues and they will be not immediately release than the employees will chalk out strategy for further agitation and they would even went on strike across the State and will also not work in the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad.
Shree Prakash Gupta, president of the Bridge Corporation Diploma Engineers Association questioned that why the Government just blamed the engineers when the incident took place also to the negligence of the local administration.
