Members of the Federation of the Karnataka Electricity Board Employees Union and Associations did  protest against the Union government’s move to privatise power distribution

  • | Monday | 5th October, 2020

Members of the Federation of the Karnataka Electricity Board Employees Union and Associations on Monday did  protest against the Union government’s move to privatise power distribution saying that it was detrimental to the interests of States and consumers.

Members of the Federation of the Karnataka Electricity Board Employees Union and Associations on Monday did  protest against the Union government’s move to privatise power distribution saying that it was detrimental to the interests of States and consumers.

Assembling in front of the corporate office of Mangalore Electricity Supply Company (MESCOM) here, the members said that the Union government was rushing through the proposal without due consultation with States even though electricity was a federal subject. Employees and officers of the distribution companies (DISCOMS) were valuable stakeholders of the system having toiled hard for the progress of the sector, they said.

The federation said that privatisation and urban distribution franchise model have failed in Odisha, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Jalgaon, Gaya, Bhagalpur, Agra, Greater Noida and many more cities. The Union government was imposing such a failed model in the State, it regretted.


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