Protesting against proposed privatisation of power distribution in four mega cities including Ghaziabad, Meerut, Kanpur and Varanasi the unions of power employees and engineers are organising processions at all district headquarters and project offices on May 13.
Vidyut Karmchari Samyukt Sangharsh Samiti (VKSSS) convenors, Shailendra Dubey and OP Pandey said, in state capital main procession involving employees and engineers of power department will hold a protest meeting power corporation headquarters Shakti Bhawan.
The employee unions have already appealed the chief minister Akhilesh Yadav to roll back the decision of privatisation in view of failure of franchisee based power distribution by a private company in Agra city. If the government remains adamant on its privatisation efforts the power employees will be forced to launch indefinite work boycott from May 20, the VKSSS office bearers said.