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Chandigarh, February 7
A dharna will be held at Sector 17 by Opposition parties, trade unions, public representatives and employees’ organisations against the privatisation of the UT Electricity Department on February 15.
After this, a joint delegation of parties, farmer groups, residents’ welfare associations, trade unions and councillors will submit a memorandum to the UT Administrator, said the UT Powermen Union.
According to the union, they will distribute pamphlets to inform people about the impact of privatisation f the department on them. The union has announced a three-day strike from 11 pm on February 21 against handing over the UT Electricity Department to private hands.
Today, a seminar was organised against power privatisation at the Public Convention Centre in Sector 36.
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