Chandigarh, July 10, 2020: Government of India has decided to privatise power distribution in all union territories.
Due to this decision, a rumour is being spread that the service and related benefits of the employees working in the Electricity Wing of the Engineering Department, Chandigarh, will be at stake and the power tariff will increase manifold.
Chandigarh Administration through this press note is assuring employees that their services and related benefits will be safeguarded and their employment terms will be similar or they will be better than the present service terms.
No retrenchment of employees will happen and no employee will be transferred outside the geographical area served by the Electricity Wing of the Engineenng Department, Chandigarh. Further, meetings have been carried out with employee unions to understand their concerns.
As regards probable increase in tariff due to privatization, the same will continue to be governed by well defined criteria and regulated by JERC as being done presently.