More than 22000 employees of Jammu and Kashmir stopped working for three days forcing authorities to agree to their demands. The strike was the first major confrontation between the administration and the employees because the latter insist that some of the decisions being taken under unbundling of the power sector are neither in the interest of Jammu and Kashmir nor the employees serving the five power corporations.
Jammu, Dec 20: Residents of many cities in Jammu & Kashmir faced power shut down on second consecutive day, as Power Development Department (PDD) employees continued their strike against the proposed privatisation of electricity in the Union Territory. The PDD employees have been on strike since Sunday against the J&K administration decision to privatise the department and merge it with the Power Grid Corporation of India. Jammu University has postponed offline and online examination for undergraduate and postgraduate students tomorrow […]
People suffer as electricity crisis hits J&K with employees’ strike Gopal Sharma JAMMU, Dec 19: For the first time in the history, the Government today sought Army Engineering Services help to restore essential services (Power supply) in Jammu and Kashmir after the Power Development Department went on indefinite strike while angry public staged protests at several places over total blackout in many parts of the region. The strike by the Power Development Department employees against privatisation and other issues entered […]