Power staff stir continues as their talks with UP govt fail | Lucknow News

LUCKNOW: There was no breakthrough within the statewide energy strike as talks between energy minister AK Sharma and Vidyut Karmachari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti (VKSSS) remained inconclusive on Saturday evening.
Even as VKSSS convenor Shailendra Dubey and different members reached Sharma’s residence within the night for talks on the latter’s invite, the UPPCL lodged FIR in opposition to 22 hanging engineers, together with Dubey, underneath ESMA. Later, a defiant Dubey mentioned that the strike would proceed even when he was arrested.

Public endurance, too, gave means by Saturday evening as offended residents got here out on the streets in lots of elements of Prayagraj and Lucknow following lengthy energy cuts. In Lucknow, residents of Singarnagar blocked the Lucknow-Kanpur Street whereas roads have been blocked in Kotha Parcha space of Prayagraj.

Earlier within the day, Sharma warned hanging electrical energy division staff to renew work or lose jobs. He mentioned 1,332 contractual staff had been sacked and warned of motion in opposition to 1,000 extra in the event that they did not resume responsibility.
On Saturday morning, Sharma met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and briefed him in regards to the prevailing energy state of affairs within the wake of the strike.
By Saturday night, 2,392 megawatt (MW) energy era, which is 17 % of the overall 13,856MW demand, was not obtainable because of the shutdown of 1,000 MW of Obra plant, 1,130MW of Anpara plant and 210MW of Parichha plant following the strike. The Harduaganj energy era station was additionally heading to close down in help of the strike.
Until 6pm on Saturday, 506 feeders had reportedly shut down in city or semi-urban areas, affecting practically 13 lakh households within the state. The precise figures for rural areas weren’t obtainable, however official sources claimed that it was double that of city areas.
The minister claimed that different measures have been being taken to make preparations to normalize energy provide within the state. “A couple of energy era models have been shut down as a consequence of strike, however there is no such thing as a energy scarcity within the state. The strike referred to as by energy union VKSSS has failed,” Sharma mentioned.
The ability minister has appealed to contractual staff to consider their households and return to work as a substitute of collaborating within the strike. “There aren’t many roles. We gained’t hesitate to sack contractual staff. The federal government has requested outsourcing corporations to organize an inventory of recent eligible candidates from ITIs throughout the state — we’ll rent them in case engineers don’t resume work at energy stations,” added Sharma.
VKSSS convenor Shailendra Dubey mentioned, “We are going to prolong our 72-hour for an indefinite interval if sacked staff aren’t reinstated. We apologize for the inconvenience brought about to energy customers, however it’s the federal government’s fault as we had knowledgeable them in regards to the strike a month in the past and but it did not make different preparations”.