Athagarh Bar Association members on Sunday organised a public meeting at the Old Bus Stand Pendal here where almost speakers protested the entry of private company SHAM Indus succeeding Cesu.
The speakers sternly opposed the decision of local MlA and local MP of surrendering the power sector to the whims and caprices of a private company at the cost of public interest. They said the company would instal prepaid meters which would lead to all sorts of hurdles for the consumers.
The meeting warned the company to leave the Athagarh power sector, failing which the people here would take law into their hands.
Bar Association president Prasant Mishra, secretary Jagadananda Tripathy, Notary Public Nimain Charan Das, Yasobant Barik, Satyaprakash Rath, Prakash Sethi, Ramnarayan Mohanty, Biranchi Samanta, Adwaitananda Rath and Sanjay Dash, among others, spoke at the meeting.