The personnel of three kingdom-run electricity corporations have referred to as off the strike after the Maharashtra authorities confident them of no privatization of the firms, a Union chief stated on Wednesday. Earlier, the Unions of 3 kingdom-owned electricity corporations withinside the kingdom had warned of a 72-hour strike from Wednesday to protest in opposition to the proposed privatisation of the electricity corporations.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis stated the authorities had no purpose to denationalise kingdom-run electricity utilities. “If a assembly had taken vicinity among the kingdom authorities and exchange union representatives earlier, the strike would not have happened,” he stated, adding, “One non-public organization (belonging to Adani group) has implemented for ‘parallel distribution licence’. I need to make it clean that we aren’t helping privatisation of those corporations.”
The kingdom-run electricity corporations are Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd (Mahavitaran), Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Co Ltd (Mahapareshan) and Maharashtra State Electricity Generation Co Ltd (Mahanirmiti).
The strike via way of means of the 3 kingdom-electricity corporations has been referred to as via way of means of Maharashtra Rajya Karmachari, Adhikari and Abhiyanta Sangharsh Samiti, the movement committees of the electricity organization unions.
“More than 30 unions of drivers, wiremen, engineers and different personnel have come collectively to thwart the strive of privatisation withinside the kingdom-owned electricity corporations,” Krushan Bhoir, General Secretary of Maharashtra State Electricity Workers’ Federation, turned into quoted as announcing via way of means of PTI.
Krushan Bhoir stated personnel of those kingdom-run electricity corporations were demonstrating for the beyond to 3 weeks. On Monday, approximately 15,000 personnel of those corporations in Maharashtra staged a protest outdoor the Thane collector office.
He stated, “Nearly 86,000 personnel, officials and engineers of the 3 electricity corporations, at the side of 42,000 agreement personnel and safety guards will pass on a 72-hour strike beginning Wednesday to protest in opposition to privatisation.”
