Jan 05, 2025 10:55 PM IST
Hundreds of energy staff and farmers in Prayagraj oppose UP Energy Company’s privatisation, citing failures elsewhere and potential price hikes.
In a present of solidarity, 1000’s of energy staff and farmers gathered in Prayagraj on Tuesday, urging chief minister Yogi Adityanath to roll again the UP Energy Company’s privatisation proposal.
Hundreds of energy staff and farmers gathered in Prayagraj for Bijli Panchayat on January 5. (Sourced)
“The Bijli Panchayat, held in George Town, saw participation from representatives of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the All India Kisan Sabha, and various trade unions, vowing a decisive “do or die” wrestle towards the transfer,” UP Vidyut Karmchari Sanyukta Sangharsh Samiti convenor Shailendra Dubey mentioned.
The gathering highlighted that privatisation experiments in different areas like Odisha, Aurangabad and Higher Noida had confirmed to be failures, inflicting hardships for each customers and staff. “Electricity, treated as a public service by government companies, is viewed as a profit-making business by private firms,” audio system mentioned.
They identified that electrical energy charges in Uttar Pradesh had been considerably decrease, with home customers paying ₹6.50 per unit and farmers receiving free electrical energy. In distinction, non-public firms in Mumbai cost ₹17-18 per unit.
“Privatisation in Uttar Pradesh could push domestic rates to ₹15 per unit, and farmers operating a 5-HP tube well for six hours could face bills exceeding ₹15,000,” they cautioned. Dubey accused the facility company administration of ignoring a number of excessive courtroom directives, together with establishing a grievance redress system for workers and persevering with dialogue over unresolved points.
“The management’s refusal to engage with us shows their undue haste to implement privatisation, even at the cost of court orders,” he alleged. Regardless of their opposition, energy staff pledged to make sure uninterrupted electrical energy in the course of the upcoming Mahakumbh, vowing to create a report of exemplary service.
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