This March, employees of power sector Uttar Pradesh take a out a protest rally while employees of the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) have given a call for an indefinite strike.
In Uttar Pradesh, the power sector employees have decided to take out a massive protest rally in the capital city of Lucknow on 14 March against the privatisation of electricity distribution.
They will be protesting against both the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2014, which seeks to extend privatisation to power distribution, as well as the state government’s move to privatise distribution in seven districts. The electricity employees in the state have come together under the banner of UP Power Employees’ Joint Action Committee.