Employees of the electricity department on Tuesday launched an indefinite fast against the Centre’s decision to privatise power distribution in the Union Territory.
The workers affiliated to various trade unions have formed a joint action committee to oppose the move to handover power distribution in the UT to private players.
The employees said that they would organise a peaceful protest at the electricity department office in Uppalam. The privatisation move would be against the interest of the public and the employees, a statement from the committee said.
The move to privatise power distribution is slowly emerging as a major controversy with Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy coming out strongly against the Centre’s decision. Barring the BJP, all political parties have come out against the privatisation move.
