Chandigarh: Powermen Union calls strike on April 20; admn appeals them to co-operate and attend duties
Chandigarh, April 19, 2021:
The UT Powermen Union has given a call for observance of one day strike on Tuesday (April 20). The Chandigarh Administration has appealed the employees to attend their duties. The defaulting employees will also be liable for other disciplinary action, warned the administration.
The administration said that they had always been sympathetic to the genuine demands of the Electricity Employees and there was no cause for any strike by the Employees. The Principle of “No work No Pay” shall be strictly enforced.
Necessary arrangements for maintaining the continuity of power supply has been made but chances of failure of power supply due to any untoward incident cannot be ruled out, said the authorities. They appealed that the electricity consumers of Chandigarh are requested to kindly co-operate with the Administration.
The public is requested, in general, to contact the various Complaint Centers in their area for electricity complaints. Besides above, they can also contact the control room. The public is also requested to keep a vigil on the Electricity lines and in case they find anyone indulging in sabotage the power supply may inform the Police Control room and contact the following Numbers:-
Control Room Sector 17: 0172-2703242
Control Room Sector 9: 0172-2740475 and 9779152283
Citizen Facilitation Centre: 0172-4639999