Uttarakhand / Vikas Nagar : Electricity Officer Employees United Front’s movement continues for the second day as well
The movement of Uttarakhand Electricity Officer Employees United Front Yamuna Valley continued for the second day. The officers of the United Front staged a sit-in protest at the Urja Bhawan and Lakhwar Vyasi Dam project complex at Dakpathar. The officers of the Morcha accused the corporation management of being apathetic instead of resolving the problems of the officers. Electricity Officer Employees Sanyukt Sangharsh Morcha on Thursday, 15 July, protested in the premises of Lakhwad Vyasi Dam Project and raised slogans. At the same time, the workers of the Morcha staged a sit-in and held a public meeting in Urja Bhavan. Speakers in the public meeting, giving equal work and equal pay to contract employees, restoration of old pension in energy corporations, revision of all allowances, providing ACP in energy corporations in nine years, 14 years and 19 years and Uttar Pradesh Demanded not to lower the service conditions from the State Electricity Council. Said that if the corporation management continues such neglect, then the corporation management will also have to be ready to face the consequences. And announced to start an indefinite strike from the midnight of July 27. Among the protesters are Arvind Kumar, Arvind Chaurasia, Mohd. Riyaz, Chandrashekhar Purohit, Sevaram, Dhirendra Pant, Gopal Vihari, Sanjeev Kumar, Bimal Kumar, Manoj Kandpal, Mukul Dwivedi, Rautash Srivastava, Sanjay Rana, Shankar Singh, Mohd. Sartaj, Pooja Kumari, Sumitra, Chitra, Pankaj Saini etc. were involved.