The employees of Power Development Department (PDD) as per the three day programme of PEECC Tuesday held protest demonstrations across Jammu and Kashmir Province against the unilateral move of the Government about unbundling/ privatisation of the department, without involving the employees who as major stake holders are apprehensive of their fate and gave ‘Jammu Chalo’ call for Sept 26. The employees assembled in the EM&RE complex Canal Road, Janipur and other locations here and held protest demonstration against the unbundling move of the Govt. They warned to intensify the agitation in near future. They said the service issues of 31000 plus employees is at stake as Government has failed to assure in terms of a detailed transition plan by publishing the same for the knowledge and perusal of the employees. Like the Corporatisation of State Transport department, witnessed the miseries inflicted upon the Government employees deputed to the State Road Transport Corporation for their salaries, gratuity, leave salary, regularisation, the Corporatisation into companies of PDD could repeat the same. It will be detrimental to the sources of employment and promotion prospects of youth of the state. The employees while raising slogans against the move of the Government called for immediate shelving of this unbundling as it is against the interests of employees, daily wagers, need based employees. The daily wagers and need based employees who have served for more than 20 years to the department have been awaiting regularisation and privatization could lead them into severe crisis and retrenchment. Jaipal Sharma, Chairman PEECC expressing displeasure over the composition of the committee constituted vide Govt. Order no-164-Pdd OF 2019 dated-20/09/2019 to prepare a comprehensive proposal for reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Department between UT of Jammu and Kashmir and UT of Ladakh, alleged that the members of committee have been chosen selectively to toe the line of the unilateral move of the Government. The PEECC strongly questions the intention of the Government and asks for a re-constitution of the committee involving employee representatives from all cadres of the employees which can be addressed by taking on board the Power employees. The members from Power Employees and Engineers Coordination Committee -PEECC appealed Power employees from all over Jammu Province to make ‘ Jammu Chalo’ call scheduled for September 26, at Chief Engineer EM&RE office near Canal Head.
